14 JUNE 1945, page 22

Fiction

The Open Mind. By Georges Berinnos. Translated by Geoffr Dunlop. (The Bodley Head. 8s. 6d.) The Shadow Falls. By Georges Simenon. Translated by Stuart Gilbert (Routledge. 10s.......

Shorter Notice

MR. WARREN writes of the Northern " uplands " of Essex with great sensitivity. He writes of people who "come into the village but do not really belong to it,' who live in those......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS 11 C C THE British Treasury's decision to increase its buying price gold from 168s. to 172s. 3d. an ounce was a well-kept secret. Th was no inkling of what was afoot......