The new Whitaker's Almanack is out, and it disappoints me.
I consulted it at once to see how a widow of my acquaintance could get a widow's pension. It gave no information applicable to this particular case (possibly because, as I subsequently ascertained from the Ministry, no pension at all is payable in this particular case). But almost any other information of a public nature that anyone could reasonably want is there, and more of it than ever, for the 1951 Whitaker is of a record size. It is pointed out that this Festival
year, contains special articles on London cathedrals and
churches. Very agreeable and ecclesiastic, but why no article on fun fairs ? Still, Whitaker will certainly go with me (together with the Shakespeare which convention compels) to my desert island whenever I retire there. One year's issue will last comfortably until the next is ready. It is plainly among the old indispensables.
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