4 JULY 1958, Page 45

„Someone from the Past. By Margot Bennett. nre and Spottiswoode,

12s. 6d.) Pretty and Promiscuous Bohemian young woman is bumped :lr) and not quite so pretty and promiscuous girl end sets out to discover by which of a string of rmer lovers. The plot is riddled with coinci- tkences, but this stylish writer has a keen eye for "e London scene, and an ear for the spoken word, /Arith a dry, sharp tongue of her own : 'He looked ,144if he'd tried to use a razor for the first time, and