31 AUGUST 1945, page 6

France In Transition

By HUGH MASSINGHAM I N a brilliant evocation of pre-war Paris " Palinurus "' remem- bers " bookstalls along ' the quais, with old prints that no- body wants, naughty novels......

The New House

By VERNON BARTLETT, M.P. A VERY different House of Commons. In quantity, in quality and in enthusiasm. To take last things first, how could members who had so long outstayed......