7 NOVEMBER 1952, page 22

The Hymn And The Singer

Hymns and Human Life. By Erik Routley. (John Murray. I 6s.) THE influence of hymns on the religious conceptions of that semi- mythical creature " the average Church-goer ' is......

Guilt, Fear And Loneliness

IF Communism had not temporarily claimed Mr. Koestler, how, one wonders, would he have developed as a writer ? A pointless question, no doubt, since the unrooted intellectual in......

The Young Visiter

A Forgotten Journey. By Peter Fleming. (Hart-Davis. 10s. 6d.) WHEN Peter Fleming wrote News from Tartary describing a fantastic journey from one end of China to the other and......