20 SEPTEMBER 1957, page 19
Down The Road From Gibbsville
A Family Party. By John O'Hara. (Cresset Press, 8s. 6d.) THIS novelette is in the form of an address delivered by a small-town bigwig at a dinner given in honour of a prominent......
The Biography Racket
MarY Kingsley: A Victorian in the Jungle. By Olwen Campbell. (Methuen, 21s.) The Life and Work of Harriet Martineau. By Vera Wheatley. (Seeker and Warburg, 35s.) C/ ,,NE of the......