10 JUNE 1955, page 30

Italian Short Stories

IT is often difficult nowadays to separate literature from the cinema. Are the impressions we ieceive as we read already com- posed for us by the more immediate vision we have......

Books

One Man, One Poem BY JOHN WAIN As it happens, Gray did, as nearly as possible, do nothing else.. Mr. Ketton-Cremer's excellent book* tells the story bf his life in more detail......

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DIE \ ALONE. By David Howarth. (Collins, 15s.) WHERE BLEED THE. MANY. By George Dunning. (Elek, I 6s.) WHAT happens in peace-time to the ingenuity and fortitude, the......