T.H. White, whose odd Arthurian grotesque, "The Sword in the Stone," you may remember, has done himself a sequel, which he calls "The Witch in the Wood." Sorry, but it isn't quite as good, the novelty of his special brand of humor, that of anachronism, being pretty well exhausted by the first book. There are some funny oddments in it—the paynim Palomides, who talks babu, and particularly our old friends Sir Grummore and King Pellinore. There are also some fine unicorn hunting and a good many comic medieval villagers. The story has to do with Queen Morgause (the Witch in the Wood), her four sons (who grew up to be Gawaine, Agravaine, Gaheris, and Gareth), and the manner in which she came to collaborate with her half-brother, King Arthur, in the production of Mordred. As I've suggested, there's nothing here as funny as the best things...