24 MARCH 1967, page 14

New Novels

Ways and means NEVILLE BRAYBROOKE Tree Without Roots by Syed WaIiullah (Chatto and Windus 21s) Play the Ball by Peter Forster (Eyre and Spottiswoode 30s) The Power of Sergeant......

Come Ovid

SIMON RAVEN 'Ovid,' my housemaster used to say, 'was like a dirty - minded little boy who writes things on lavatory walls. No passion, no reverence. Just sneers, jeers and......