16 MAY 1969, page 19

Nice Mice

ISABEL QUIGLY -The Mouse and his Child Russell Hoban (Faber Hs) "War," muttered the father. "The dustbin, the •dump, murder, robbery, and war."' Fit subjects for children's......

Troubled Bubbles

ANTHONY BURGESS Secret Laughter. Walter de la Mare, poems chosen by Eleanor Graham (Pullin 4s) Children are, on the-whole, pretty good judges of art, so long as you don't put......