28 DECEMBER 1956, page 20

Marching Song

DE VALERA AND THE MARCH OF A NATION. By Mary C. Bromage. (Hutchinson, 25s.) `SITTING around a turf blaze at the hearth of one of Ireland's old country houses is conducive to......

Cook-books

I Am in some doubt about Andre Simon's Cheeses of the World (Faber, 30s.). It is attractively arranged and presented, with illustrations luscious enough to make us wonder why we......

Short Stories

ANY work of literature which too vehemently proclaims its form is perilously near failure. The writer of the short story must be Constantly wary of this danger; there is......