17 FEBRUARY 1950, page 30

Fiction

The Crusaders. By Stefan Heym. (Cassell. xis.) The Dreams. By Anne Sebastian. (Cape. 12s. 6d.) How often, in noting the " unwritten " character of so much serious- minded......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS MARKETS are now showing quite clearly what the City—and investors generally—regard as the main financial implications of the political programmes. A Conservative......

Shorter Notices

Here and Now," No. s. An Anthology Edited by Peter Albery and Sylvia Read. (Falcon Press. 7s. 6d.) " IT is," write the editors of this miscellany, " our endeavour to light the......

The Grand Peregrination. Being The Life And Adventures Of...

Mendes Pinto. By Maurice Collis. (Faber. 2 SS.) FERNAO MENDES PINTO was born in Portugal in about 1509, and in 1537 he set out to make his fortune. After returning home he gave......