25 JUNE 1954, Page 23

Lapland Fever

The Way of the Four Winds. By Yrjo Kokko. (Gollancz. 16s.) clouds—not material goods, not men, not even the deer. So if in the end they die out and their bright blue clothes, their four-pointed caps of the four winds, their magic and their skill .are lost, the foundation of earth and air on which their long-lived faith is based will still remain.

WALTER TAPLIN