10 APRIL 1959, page 31

Betimes Away

THE lure of speed is usually felt most strongly by inarticulate people. Mike Hawthorn was not only inarticulate but also modest; so he refrains from pronouncements, whether......

'landscape. With Figures

The Dream of Arcadia: American Writers and Artists in Italy, 1760-1915. By Van Wyck Brooks. (Dent, 25s.) Tilt: ostensible subject of Mr. Van Wyck Brooks's new volume is the......