24 JANUARY 1931, page 10

King Solomon And The Hoopoe : A Persian Tale

BY FREYA STARK. S PRING had come to Hamadan. The garden had lost its white veil of blossom and now shimmered with small leaves. Behind the thin screen of poplars, the snows of......

Common-sensible Spinsters

BY RUTH DUFFIN. D RAMATIS PERSONAE : ANN and JANE (un- married and of uncertain age). SCENE : A firelit room well-furnished with books, and con- taining and equally......