5 JULY 1957, page 39

New Novels

IN England Andrd Maurois is usually thought of in connection with his biographies or as the creator of Colonel Bramble. In France one of his most admired and successful books is......

F.o.

READ The World's Gamei by Hugh Thomas (Eyre and Spottiswoode, I5s.), for three reasons. For its charming love story which grows with as little effort, and bursts with as little......

Bat Dung And Shish-kebab

Seven Caves: An Archaeological Exploration in the Middle East. By Carleton S. Coon. (Cape, 28s.) PROFESSOR CARLETON COON'S career as a digger of caves began in May, 1939, at......