26 JUNE 1976, page 24

Big Game

Elspeth Huxley African Hunter James Mellon (Cassell £15.00) Here is a wild animal book with a difference indeed. Instead of dwelling on their prospects of survival, or on......

Word Child

Duncan Fallowell The Child John Symonds (Duckworth E3.45) John Symonds's The Child leaves me cold. The whole set-up is designed to make one fall at the feet of an Original in a......