27 OCTOBER 1939, Page 34

The First Six Months Are the Worst. By Harold F.

Hutch- ison and James Fitton. (Peter Davies. 78. 6d.)

THIS is a facetious book about the relations of parents and babies. The illustrations (by Mr. Fitton) are unsubtle but tolerable ; the text is also unsubtle, but too vulgar to be tolerable. However, there may be something in it for very unsophisticated tastes.