6 SEPTEMBER 1946, page 20

Fiction

The River. By Rumer Godden. (Michael Joseph. 7s. 6d.) From Such a Seed. By George Martelli. (Cape. 8s. 6d.) Billy Potter. By Doreen Wallace. (Collins. 8s. 6d.) The Thursday......

New Art Books

Dutch Indoor Subjects. By Tancred Borenius. Manet By John Rothenstein and R. H. Wilenski. The Virgin and Child. By Thomas Bodkin. Botticelli. By Stephen Spender. (Faber and......

Understanding History .

MANY people who would not agree with Henry Ford that " History is bunk" nevertheless know little about the subject. It plays no part in their judgement of contemporary affairs,......