15 APRIL 1949, page 30

Fiction-

The Diary of Antoine Roquentin. By Jean-Paul Sartre. Translated by Lloyd Alexander. (John Lehmann. 9s. 6d.) Randle in Springtime. By Geoffrey Cotterell. (Eyre and Spottiswoode.......

The Problem Family. By A. S. Neill. (herbert Jenkins. 7s.

6d.) Tins is a chaotic strident sermon on the education of children, saying the same thing again and again, fulminating against present society and traditional school methods.......

Shorter Notices - Cesar Franck. By Norman Demuth. (dennis...

12s. 6d.) IN his warm appreciation of Franck's best music and his champion- ship of even the admittedly unequal the author does a great service to a composer whom a school of......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS INvEsroas' second thoughts on the implications of Sir Stafford Cripps's Spartan Budget have brought disappointment to the stock markets. While there has been no......