15 FEBRUARY 1952, page 18

Man And The Soil

Tuns volume is the second of a new series, edited by Jacquetta Hawkes, designed to teach the influence of the past in shaping the life of the present. Mr. Hyams chooses as his......

A Tic-toc World

Thomas Tompion : His Life and Work. By R. W. Symonds. (Batsford. £7 7s. Od.) THOSE lucky enough to own this book will find themselves in a tic-toc world reminding them, maybe,......

Travels In Turkey

Turkish Delights. By Marie Noele Kelly. (Country Life. 18s.) Now that financial restrictions and iron curtains have closed so much of Eastern Europe and nearer Asia to the......