23 JULY 1942, page 22

Spitfire Pilot. By Flight-lieutenant D. M. Crook, D.f.c....

IT is curious that many publishers, as well as the B.B.C., seem unaware how much more telling and readable is a " plain unvar- nished tale " (when there is a tale to be told)......

Shorter Notices My Musical By Rimsky-korsakov. Translated...

revised Russian edition by J. A. Joffe with an introduction by Carl Van Vechten. (Seeker and Warburg. 36s.) Tins new edition of Rimsky-Korsakov's autobiography is translated......

The Brains Trust Book. (hutchinson. Is.) The Brains...

which the B.B.C. producer responsible assures us has been, like greatness, thrust upon those taking part in the Any Questions programme—is a typical by-product of a jour-......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS THERE is no disputing the trend in the stock markets. So long as the war news remains only moderately discouraging weight of money will call the tune and prices will......