25 SEPTEMBER 1953, page 24
Sour Grapes
MEN long in opposition can hardly fail to disappoint their supporters when at last they are in power. How much more must this be so with the Indian Congress, which took office......
Chinese Childhood
Daughter of Confucius.. By Wong Su-Ling and E. H. Cressy. ' (Gollancz. 16s.) THE intricate, complex and—for Western eyes—utterly alien pattern of life in the big traditional......
Cretan Labyrinth
Appointment in Crete. By A. M. Rendel. (Alan Wingate. 15s.) "No. There isn't much chance of washing and you don't feel much inclined in this cold weather. They never do."......