14 SEPTEMBER 1956, page 28

New Novels

OUR hearts go out to those earnest members of the younger generation who, while striving to keep pace with the talked-of fiction of today, feel constrained to make acquaintance......

Choice Of Poison

A friend writes to offer some useful advice about handling a wasp nest. 'You will doubt- less be interested to know that DDT powders are available in forms suitable for treating......

Country Life

BY IAN NIALL MY angling outings take me far into the hills, and I usually fish, with an interval for a snack, for at least eight hours during which I see no one, and hear only......

The British Championship One Of The Difficulties Of Our...

British championship is that every other year it overlaps with the International Team Tournament, so that it is held with six of the leading players absent and any victory is......

Herbaceous Borders

Herbaceous borders are a delight in a gar- den and to establish a good border one must plant with the nature of the soil particularly in mind. The ground should be well drained,......

Chess

BY PI-1ILIDOR No. 67. G. GUIDELLT ,„ 0 „ mate in two moves: solution next week. g Solution to last week's problem by Fink and Tane: R-B 8!, no threat. 1 . . . Kt x P; 2 Kt-B 7......