26 JULY 1946, page 20

Upon This Rock

Quebec : Historic Seaport, By Mazo de la Roche. (Macmillan. 12s. 6d.) TURNING from the fictional chronicles of Jalna, Miss de la Roche has laid—so she declares—" a cuckoo's egg......

The Pitiless Earth

While Following the Plough. By John Stewajt Collis. (Cape. 9s. 6c1.1 THE intellectual's view of agricultural life and labour is usually the romantic view, yet it has taken an......

American Angles

ONE of the few questions upon which there can be no general disagreement in this country is the necessity for friendship and co-operation between ourselves and the United States......