15 FEBRUARY 1957, page 24

Felibrige

Introduction to Mistral. By Richard Aldington. (Heinemann, 25s.) FEW poets can have been born with a name more mellifluous, or fuller of natural associations, few can have......

New Novels

The Return of Gunner Asch. By Hans Hellmut Kirst. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 13s. 6d.) Something Fishy must have pride of place this week. Not that there is much to say about it,......

Animals And Others

Mermaids and Mastodons. By Richard Carring- ton. (Chatto and Windus, 25s.) Animals are Quite Different. By Hans Bauer. (Andrew Melrose, 21s.) THE object of Richard Carrington's......