15 MAY 1947, page 26

Book Notes

THE letters which Swift wrote to Stella durin g the last years of Queen Anne are now certainly of g reater human, and probably of g reater historical, interest than the......

Fiction

THE publishers claim that Stephen Ba g nall's book is in a class by itself. It is. It ranks as a novel, but it certainly isn't fiction, and it has no plot except that overridin......

Shorter Notices

Tins is a melancholy but necessary book. Even those who know their London best are still uncertain how much of it is left. Con- spicuous destruction, like that of the House of......