3 APRIL 1936, page 30

Speakable Scots

Scottish Eccentrics. By Hugh MacDiarmid. (Routledge. 15s.) " IT is no joke being a Scottish genius," remarks Mr. Mac- Diarmid in the course of this abounding narrative ; and Mr.......

A King's: Mistress

end of last century, you got to know Louise de la Valliere from the interminably - thrilling pages of Dumas' Vicomte -de Bragelonne—a pale, demure and passive miss against a......

Artists' .memoits

Self and Partners. By Sir Charles Holmes: (Constable. 1/18,) Oil Paint and Grease Paint. By Dame Laura Knight. (Nichol- son and Watson. 21s.) - - THERE are two kinds of......