20 DECEMBER 1963, page 21

None But The. Brave

NEW crime fiction is sparse in December, Only Boardman continues to publish uninterrupted a consistent flow of good action-stories. They generally feature a tough amateur in......

Hoodlum Empires

Crime and the Social Structure. By John Barron Mays. (Faber, 30s.) AMONG concepts which have lately become un- fashionable is that of any absolute division between criminals and......

Gwent's Great Cham

UNLIKE many of his compatriots from west of the Severn who make their way to London, Arthur Machen was neither an unprofessional bard nor a professional Welshman. The son of a......