19 SEPTEMBER 1970, page 19

Too Much And Too Soon

DONALD McLACHLAN Hostage in Peking Anthony Grey (Michael Joseph 50s) I wonder whose fault it is that this account of Anthony Grey's 806 days of solitary con- finement in Peking......

World's End

JOHN BARR The Doomsday Book Gordon Rattray Taylor (Thames and Hudson 42s) Last month, midst a clutter of soothing phrases, the annual report of the Chief Alkali Inspectors......