5 APRIL 1957, page 31

Rhyme And Reason

A Mortal Patch. By Vernon Scannell. (Villiers Publications, 7s. 6d.) 'ILLUSTRIOUS vernacular'—thus Mr. Holloway splendidly and accurately describes the language he looks for in......

New Novels

I, Libertine. By Frederick R. Ewing. (Michael Joseph, 10s. 6d.) AMONG the brightest and best of the novelists to make their first appearance in the year after the war was......