26 JANUARY 1951, page 26

Fiction

THIS week's books, one novel and three collections of short stories, are not only interesting to the reader, but raise questions of deep interest to writers. Each emphasises in......

The Necessary Evil

DR. Mum . CUNNINGTON has long since established himself as one of our leading authorities on the history of costume. His magnum opus, Englishwomen's Clothing in the Nineteenth......

Jaundiced History

THE period is summed up by Mr. Ross, perhaps mainly for the sake of assonance, as " fortuitous, fervent, frozen and frustrated " ; but the general impression he gives is that......