23 JANUARY 1926, page 22

The • Gascon King Of Sweden

Bernadotte, Prince and King : 1810-1844. By the ft t. Hon.. Sir Dunbar Plunkett Barton. (Murray. 12s.) IN all the history of adventurers, there is nothing more amazing than......

France 'and The French

FRANCE and the French are perennial subjects for the English writer. Our nearest foreign neighbours are so different from ourselves that there is hardly a " standard British......

William Blake

The Writings of William Blake. Edited by Geoffrey Keynes. Three vole. (Nonesuch Press. £5 17s. 6d. net.) BLAKE receives affection for the simple and free Songs of Innocence. He......