7 SEPTEMBER 1945, Page 22

Shelter Sketch Book. By Henry Moore. (Poetry London. 15s.)

AN admirably produced book containing facsimile reproductions of the contents of two sketch books filled by Henry Moore, the well- known sculptor, with drawings of people and scenes in air-raid shelters in London during the 1939-45 war. They have the vivid- ness and vitality of work done on the spot by a greatly gifted artist and give a more accurate and lifelike account of the extraordinary scenes that he witnessed during the war than any photographs could ever give. In these remarkable drawings the nights of the blitz on London live again. They have a most impressive haunting quality and will be the admiration of future generations.