2 OCTOBER 1942, page 20

Three Tours Through London In The Years 1748, 1776, 1797 .

By W. S. Lewis. (Oxford University Press. iss. 6d.) Tins is a delightful subject and Mr. Lewis's reconstruction is fully worthy of the editor of the Yale edition of Horace......

Mr. Woodcock's Pamphlet Exploits The Anarchist Point Of...

" society should be based on the free co-operation of individual men and women in fulfilment of their functional and economic needs." It outlines knt agricultural policy......

Shorter Notices

Thackeray : A Critical Portrait. By John Dodds. (Oxford University Press. 2os.) THERE are three main ways of learning about an author. One is to study his life and times.......

Fiction

Lyndley Waters. By George R..Preedy. (Hodder anl Stoughton. 8s. 6d.) The Siege of Malta. By S. Fowler Wright. (Frederick Muller. 9s. 6d.) Marling Hall. By Angela Thirkell.......