Josef Carl . Grund's Vendetta (chatto And Windus, 15s.) Is
set in Corsica and, as the book's title suggests, it is concerned with the passionate griefs, quarrels and jealousies that seem to happen only in Corsica or Sicily. These are......
The Stumpfs, By John Onslow (cape, 18s.), Is About A
wizard who has the immediacy and also that swiftness in appearing and vanishing which appeal so much to the child's timeless sense of reality. Stumpf, the wizard in question,......
All That Jazz
Too many children must still identify books too closely with classroom curricula. Six months' hard reading would be the stiffest of sentences. But to these, and to others who......
The Eviction Of Thousands Of Highlanders For Sheep, 'the...
clansmen,' was a major Victorian scandal. A Pistol in Greenyards, by Mollie Hunter (Evans, 16s.), is angry rather than glum, a tale of greed and monstrous officialdom never......
The Forgotten Door, By Alexander Key (faber, 13s. 6d.), Is
SF diluted—or strengthened —with Morality Tale. A boy drops from another planet knowing no human speech or customs, but able to communicate with animals and read the minds of......
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