5 AUGUST 1949, page 30

Shorter Notices

Old English Furniture. By Therle Hughes. (Lutterworth Press. 21s.) AIMED at the small collector who wants furniture and other house- hold goods for use rather than for ornament,......

British Butterflies. By Vete Temple. (collins. 55.)...

literature has consisted of descriptions of the insects accompanied by pleasant chatter and assisted by coloured plates. Happily the trend now is towards natural history and......

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS IT is one of the defects of so-called planning that when the plan goes wrong everything is left in the air until the planners make up their minds about the next step.......