10 JANUARY 1958, page 25

Keeping Afloat

Snotty: The Story of the Midshipman. By Commander Geoffrey Penn, RN. (Hollis and ON entering the Service, every matelot is told (but rarely, to my knowledge, believes) that the......

Achilles Among The Women

THERE is no formula for a great or even a good novel, but there is for a readable one. A clearly told tale of intrigue, turning round an intelli- gently pointed and credible......