4 JANUARY 1952, page 32

Humour.

Family Reunion. By Ogden Nash. (Dent. 8s. 6d.) Back to the Slaughterhouse. By Ronald Searle. (Macdonald. 6s.) THAT Mr. Wodehouse is—or do we say " was " ?—a master of his craft......

Fiction

The Devil in Velvet. By John Dickson Carr. (Hamish Hamilton. 2g. 6d.) - What Dreams May Come. By Cynthia Asquith. (James Barrie. tea. 6d.) I TAKE off my hat to Mr. John Dickson......