14 FEBRUARY 1958, page 23

The Language Of Men

Words for the Wind. By Theodore Roethke. (Seeker and Warburg, 15s.) MR. ROETHKE is American but not obscure. Or rather he is obscure all right, but not in either of the two......

A Doctor's Journal

Doctor and Patient As soon as we have left the haven of medical school and textbooks, we learn to our bewilder- ment that there is more in treatment than drugs, diets and......

Chess

By PHILIDOR No. 140. E. VISSERMAN (Hon. Men. Probleemvriend,' 1943 1 RI K (II men WHITE (13 men) WHITE to play and mate in two moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's......