22 JANUARY 1960, page 24

King-size Chronicle

IT is slightly chastening to read Allen Drury's Advise and Consent, the enormous novel about Washington which has led the American best- seller lists since last September. For......

The Stage In The Middle

Shakespeare's Wooden 0. By Leslie Hotson. (Hart-Davis, 30s.) WHETHER Mr. Hotson has his inspirations in the bath or in the Public Records Office, they are more frequent and more......