6 APRIL 1956, page 34

By Land And Sea

To SEA IN A SIEVE. By Peter Bull. (Peter Davies, 15s.) The difference between the best type of British naval war memoir and the average German one is to be found in the opening......

Mendelian Merry-go-round

A GUIDE TO EARTH HISTORY. By Richard Carrington. (Chatto and Windus, 21s.) OFFHAND, I can think of no book which covers more detail in less space than this one. It starts with......