11 APRIL 1941, page 15

B O Oks Of The Day

A Lifetime in the Middle East The Life of Sir Percy Cox. By Philip Graves. .Hutchinson. t8s.) WE were discussing the King of Saudi Arabia. "Ibn Saud," said Sir Percy Cox to me a......

Imperial Dream

Ow E of the great surprises of a surprising war has been the speed and completeness of the Italian collapse. The Western democracies had become so %bemused by the assurances of......