20 OCTOBER 1967, page 13

The Case Of Rls Books

MARTIN SEYMOUR-SMITH Robert Louis Stevenson's posthumous reputa- tion has been a curious and somewhat unfortu- nate one. Within thirty-three years of his death seven collected......

New Novels

Friends apart WILLIAM BUCHAN The Stranger's View David Pryce-Jones (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 25s) Kings of Infinite Space Nigel Balchin (Collins 25s) The Thing of It Is . . .......

People's Choice?

RANDOLPH S. CHURCHILL The Selectorate Peter Paterson (MacGibbon and Kee 42s) Until the early 'fifties the large majority of the safe Conservative seats in England—say 150— were......