5 DECEMBER 1952, page 42

An "m.g." Collection

The Bedside " Guardian." Selected from the Manchester Guardian by Ivor Brown. (Collins. 12s. 6d.) THE decline of the essay is a trnism of current criticism, and it is easy for......

Friedrich Holderlin

Holderlin: His Poems. Translated by Michael Hamburger, with s Critical Study. (The Harvill Press. 18s.) Holderlin. By L. S. Salzberger. (Bowes & Bowes. 6s.) HoLDERLIN 'S......

Two Lives

MR. Cows has written many books, of which perhaps the Best- known are his historical studies of the East. The Journey °Inward, his latest volume, is the first part of his......

Bird's-eye Views

Monastic Sites from the Air. By David Knowles and J. K. St. Joseph , (Cambridge University Press. 55s.) DR. ST. JOSEPH is Curator in Aerial Photography in the UniversitY of......