5 APRIL 1946, page 22

Fiction

WORTHINESS, aullness : how often does the one quality imply the other! The novels under review, while they do not insult the intelligence, certainly do not quicken the, spirit......

The Farming Revolution

WITH consistent dogmatism—justified in part by the length and thoroughness of the survey they organised—Lord Astor and Mr. Seebohm Rowntree urge a revolution in British farming.......

Periodical Depressions

Orion : A Miscellany (II), 6s., ; The Windmill, 4s. 6d.; New Writing (No. 26), 9d ; Writing To-day, 3s. 6d. " I REALLY cannot be plaguing myself for ever with all the new poems......