25 DECEMBER 1959, page 16

Books

Top Books of I 9s9 By JOHN COLEMAN I N an embarrassingly rich year, my first choice would unhesitatingly be Serge Gogov's Carita (Fujiyama Press, Tokyo, 10 yen : £5 in plain......

Land Of Caves

A Concise History of Modern Painting. By Her- bert Read. (Thames and Hudson, 32s. 6d.) Cubism 1907-1914. By John Golding. (Faber, 73s. 6d.) HERBERT READ'S book is an extremely......

Goodness Gracious Living

Aromas and Flavours. By Alice B. Toklas. (Michael Joseph, 21s.) NONE of the pleasures, none of the mere mitiga- tions, of civilised life is quite the same once the snob-sisters......