25 MARCH 1960, page 32

Tied Up And Locked In

Houdini. By William Lindsay Gresham. (Gotlancz, 21s.) THERE are, Mr. Gresham tells us, people known to the spirit medium trade as 'shut eyes'—people whose yearning to believe in......

Memorial To Murray

An Unfinished Autobiography. By Gilbert Mur- ray, with contributions by his friends. Edited by Jean Smith and Arnold Toynbee. (Allen and Unwin, 25s.) GILBERT MURRAY did not want......

Pro Colon

Algeria in Turmoil. By Michael K. Clark. (Thanes and Hudson, 35s.) WE have long been accustomed to the spectacle of British and American journalists becoming Passionately......