9 MARCH 1974, page 19

Shifting Sands

Llew Gardner The Rise and Fall of the League of Natiora George Scott (Hutchinson £4.80) The United Nations ideal, for all the rhetoric , Design Council flags and trendy postage......

Life With The Stars

Duncan Fallowell Monsieur Butterfly — The Story of Puccini Stanley Jackson (W. H. Allen £3.50) Puccini was lucky. He made it just before opera changed from being the most......