12 DECEMBER 1958, page 32

Talk About Drink

The Compleat Imbiber Number Two : An Enter- tainment. Edited by Cyril Ray, designed by F. H. K. Henrion. (Putnam, 25s.) The Corn pleat Imbiber, Number Two, claims to be no more......

Honey In The Evening

PERENNIALLY interesting though Dr. Lewinsohn's subject is, the themes themselves do not promise much novelty at first sight: hetairai and ephebi; Messalina and Poppma; St. Paul......