12 NOVEMBER 1954, page 26

New Novels

Riot. By John Wyllie. (Seeker & Warburg. 10s. 6d.) The Heritage of Quinces Borba. By Machado de Assis. (W. H. Allen. 12s. 64:1.) THERE have been, rightly, quite a few novels......

Local Lore

BOTH these authors have travelled much in their respective fields and delved deeply in local lore, but neither of them has attempted a guide book telling the reader how to get......

Owing To The Very Large Entry For The Spectator's Second

Review competition (Lord M. by David Cecil), it will not be possible to announce the result until November 19, when the winning entry will be printed.......