5 JANUARY 1945, page 18

The Two Navies

The Ship You Will Command. By John P. Taylor. (Allen and Unwi 7s. 6d.) _ How far away Taranto and Matapan, the evacuations of Greece a Crete, seem to be. Under Cunningham's......

An Architectural Epoch

Architecture and Personalities. By Sir Herbert Baker (Country Life. £2 2s ) IT is a pity that so few architects write the stories of their lives. Their profession, one would......

Oriental Welfare

Peoples of South-East Asia. By Bruno I.asker. (Gollancz. 10s. THESE 183 pages are a plea for the promotion of Oriental welf . The advocacy would have been more effective if Mr.......