17 SEPTEMBER 1948, page 30

An Apple A Day. By Philip Gosse. Drawings By Lynton

Lamb. (Cassell. 10s. 6d.) "MEMORY is a rum thing," writes Dr. Gosse at the beginning of one of his chapters, and he would be the first to admit that he has written a rum book.......

Shorter Notices

The Arabs : A Short History. By Philip K. Hitti. (Macmillan. 10s. 6d.) PROFESSOR HIM has condensed his monumental History of the Arabs, which was published here in 1938, into a......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS WHATEVER one may feel about Britain's heavy responsibilities in the plan for sharing Marshall Aid it is welcome news that a plan has been agreed which promises to get......