5 DECEMBER 1947, page 20

Failure Of A Mission ?

Speaking Frankly. By James F. Byrnes. (Heinemann 21s.) MR. BYRNES, during a great part of his life of distinguished public service, was what the Elizabethans called an......

Heresy In Lisbon

Hugo Gurgeny. By Mary Brearley. (Cape. 9s. 6d.) " The city of Lisbon, as seen from the deck of a ship entering the harbour, presents a very fair prospect, and on a morning in......