7 JULY 1967, page 24

New Novels-2

Fantasy, perhaps WILLIAM BUCHAN A Girl in the Head J. G. Farrell (Cape 22s 6d) Imaginary Friends Alison Lurie (Heinemann 25s) The Ring Richard Chopping (Seeker and War- burg......

Truffle Hunter

J. H. PLUMB As assiduous as a truffle hunter, Robert Halsband has hunted down Lady Mary's letters in neglected archives or remote depositOries, indeed from the Kyles of Bute to......