20 NOVEMBER 1953, page 43

A Little Travel

IN his new book, Coming Down the Seine, Mr. Gibbings does not do justice to his own great charm and talent. He dissipates his powers in too much dalliance with passing thoughts......

Talent And Eminence

IF there is one mode of twentieth-century En g lish life which by its remoteness would now repay interpretation, it is surely that of a clerk in the Forei g n Of fi ce before......