10 JANUARY 1970, page 19

All-rounder

CHRISTOPHER LLOYD Admiral of the Fleet: The Life of Sir Charles Lanzhe Oliver Warner (Sidgwick and Jack- son 50s) Who ever heard of a First Sea Lord who cancelled an official......

Acute Angles

E. F. JACOB The Experienced Angler or Angling Im- proved Colonel Robert Venables with a testimonial letter from Isaac Walton (Antro- bus Press, 3 Clement's Inn, London wc2 40s)......

Wrong Numbers

PETER OPPENHEIMER Decision in Government Jeremy Bray, MP (Gollancz 60s) To Dr Bray, ex-ici and the Ministry of Technology, the machinery of economic policy seems barely adequate......

Shorter Notices

Allied Intervention in Russia 1917-1920 John Bradley (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 55s). Had there been anything like a genuine Allied intervention against the Russian Revolution the......