25 JULY 1970, page 16

Simple Annals

SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER The Brothers Grimm Ruth Michaelis-Jena (Routledge 55s) `Me black coffin, and the bearers carrying yellow lemons and rosemary . . Lemons and rosemary are......

Off Centre

MAX BELOFF The Vital Center Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr (Andre Deutsch 45s) Professor Schlesinger's defence of the liberal middle way in politics was first published twenty years......

New Novels

Balls and chains Maurice CAPITANCHIli From a Seaside Town Norman Levine (Mac- millan 36s) A Spy in the Family Alec Waugh (W. H. Allen 30s) A Beggar in Jerusalem Elie Wiesel......