28 AUGUST 1926, page 21

Heaven And Earth

The Laburnum Branch. By Naomi Mitehison. (Cape. 5s. net.) FATHER Southwell was a Jesuit priest of Elizabeth's reign, a young, brilliant, and devoted priest. He had taken orders......

Airways Of The Empyrean

The First World Flight. As told to LowellT homas. (HutehinsOn. 24s.) EVERYTI1ING is right' about this book : the wrapper whets our curiosity with its photograph of aeroplanes......