2 MARCH 1962, page 22

Greek Roots

HELLAS is very much in the swim at the moment, and here come three philhellenes gaily on the wave. All would agree, I suppose, with Dr. Starr that Greek civilisation,......

Hero, But ...

Claude Barres : A Hero in Revolt. By Pierre Lyautey. Translated by Humphrey Hare. (Macmillan, 25s.) THIS book contains the letters of the grandson of Maurice Barres, who was......

Light On Asia

BOTH these books deal with the thrust by Europe to overrun the East—the period lasting from Vasco da Gama to recent years. The first, by Dorothy Woodman, is a minute account of......