11 NOVEMBER 1949, page 24

A Legal Puritan

Henry Ireton. By Robert W. Ramsey. (Longmans, Green. 15s.) IT is appropriate that a biography of Henry Ireton should appear in this, the tercentenary, year of the execution of......

An Italian Diplomat

The Two Impostors. By Daniele Vare. (John Murray. 18s.) THE two impostors arc Triumph and Disaster, but they seem far away from this charming yet singularly shapeless book. It......

The Press And The People

THE purpose of this Mass Observation Survey is succinctly described as that of " discovering just why people read newspapers, how far they are influenced by them and exactly......