5 DECEMBER 1970, page 61

A Number Of Old Friends Are Back This Sea- Son

: Himself, the darlin' talking dog, Kenneth Bird's most happy creation, returns in Stardom For Himself Kenneth Bird (Macdonald 18s) and results in a darlin' book which I read......

Rosemary Sutcliff. Who Has Made A Quiet Corner In The

retelling of things past, snatches- us back to Norman England with . The Witch's Brat (Oxford University Press 16s), which tells how a humpbacked boy helps to found the hospital......