15 JUNE 1951, page 24

Fiction

Round the Bend. By Nevi! Shute. (Heinemann. 12s. 6d.) No Higher Mountain. ' By Anthony Armstrong. (Methuen. tos. 6d.) 110vEts, we can see now, used to have a theme on which we......

Humour

PEOPLE should not write books-that are intended primarily to be funny. Such an invention betrays an author's happiness ; and it is almost impossible to be continuously funny on......

An American In The Royal Navy Yankee R.n. By Commander

A. H. Cherry. (Jarrolds. its.) A COPY of this book with its account of how the author, a Wall Street banker, joined the Royal Navy when the 'United States was still neutral—and......