27 JUNE 1952, page 28

Shorter Notices

THESE small essays, plainly yet elegantly written, tell the ordinary music-lover pretty well all that he can want to know about the slightly less well-known of the great com-......

It Is Obvious That Zebra Crossings Should Lead Into Multiple

stores or be reserved for pavement-artists and wedding processions ; it is equally evident that the only way to paint swans is to row one's easel out in a boat and ask the birds......

Joshua Slocum 's Sailing Alone Around The World Has...

become a classic, not only for its extraordinary adventures, but also for the Captain's forthright comments and style. His next most remarkable achieve- ment, an earlier one, he......