25 DECEMBER 1964, page 19

Wants •

What do you want for Christmas, John? 1 want some building blocks, A trike, a bike, a Christmas cake, A•fiVe-pound 'chocolate box. It did you ,get last yew.? I got A pencil case......

Exiles And Rebels

THE noble and tragic struggle of the Korean people for freedom has been too long a neglected subject. It is therefore a pleasure to welcome any substantial contribution in this......

The Same Again

Ea Circle. By Air Vice-Marshal J. E. Johnson. (Chatto and Windus, 35s.) AIR fighting is an odd form of combat. Tactic- ally, technically and psychologically it repays closer......

Up-country

The Tribal World of Vernier Elwin: An Auto- biography. By Verrier Elwin. (0.U.P., 30s.) VERRIER ELwIN was the last in a long line of Englishmen who attained fulfilment and......