4 OCTOBER 1957, page 36

Palladian Treasure

The Portrait of a Whig Peer. By Brian Connell. (Deutsch, 30s.) . IN attics, stables and the cellars of aristocra lle houses, the huge, hairy travelling trunks of th e......

The Trouble With Conclusions

Craft and Character in Modern Fiction. By Mor- ton Zabel. (Gollancz, 21s.) KIPLING and Galsworthy, it says here, were saved from being mere journalists by 'the finer conscience......