3 JUNE 1960, page 20

Wicked Years

THERE are to be six volumes of Swinburne' s letters—two thousand or so in all; two volunles have now appeared, taking the story down to 1875, when Swinburne was thirty-eight.......

Rich Ladings

The Defeat of John Hawkins. By Rayner Unwin. (Allen and Unwin, 25s.) The Brethren of the Coast. By P. K. Kemp and Christopher Lloyd. (Heinemann, 21s.) MR. UNWIN'S excellent book......