1 JANUARY 1943, page 16

An Unusual Don

Bernard Lord Manning. By F. Brittain. (Helfer. 7s. 6d.) THERE is a quiet and impressive competence about this discerning biography of a quiet and impressive man, and even those......

First Qualities In Short Supply

The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By. By Simenon. (Routledge. 75. 6d.) The Case of the Tea Cosy's Aunt. By Anthony Gilbert. (Crime Club. H. W.) Night Exercise. By John Rhode.......

Shorter Notices

Downfall : A Play in Three Acts. By Douglas Reed. (Cape. 5$.) MR. DOUGLAS REED has done well to put his latest prophecy on the future of Germany in dramatic form, for this means......