21 AUGUST 1959, page 27

New Hands And Old

Lucia Wilmot. By Mary K. Harris. (Chatlo and Windus, 15s.) A Breath of French Air. By H. E. Bates. (Michael Joseph, Its. 6d.) Miss HARRIS is a lively writer who hasn't quite......

Finer Music

THE most substantial outward proof of Whit- roan's enduring vitality as a poet is the intensity of feeling with which both his defenders and de- tractors react to his poetry.......

Iron Curtain Up

Entertainment in Russia. By Faubion Bowers. (Nelson, 42s.) THIS book throws a rare and particular light on part of Soviet existence. And that is something we cannot have too......