29 NOVEMBER 1963, page 45

Yours Truthfully

The Intellectual Part. By Rayner Heppenstall. (Barrie and Rockliff, 25s.) Instead of a Letter. By Diana Athill. (Chatto and Windus, 21s.) RAYNER HEPPENSTALL was born of an......

Small Hotel

Not `Guest' — The Chinese, those corrected souls, all know A guest is never billed, whereas the Essence of my aspect is, I pay— But 'Occupier' : good words cost no more. 'The......