T He Call To Honour. By Charles De Gaulle.
Vol. I and documents. (Collins, 18s. and 25s.) THESE lapidary memoirs of the most lapidary of the Allied war leaders have already been reviewed in the Spectator by Professor......
Country Life
BY IAN NIALL THE National Parks and Access to the Country- side Act of 1949 is one of the blessings of this decade so far as walkers are concerned, and the latest benefit......
Back To Normal
Things are back to normal in most of the tripper and tourist haunts, and up the valley at B. the trees are shedding their leaves in a carpet that covers roads that could hardly......
Manure For Bulbs
A reader asks about adding manure to bulb compost and manuring bulbs already planted. Leaf mould or peat is all that bulbs need as a rule. Bonemeal can be applied as a dressing,......
Labour-saving Ways
One or two friends tell me that the skin should never be removed from a chicken pre- pared for the pot because if it is cooked in this state the flesh will lose its flavour, and......
New Novels
THE STORY-TELLER. By Gil Buhet. (Jonathan Cape, 13s. 6d.) M. BUHET contemplates the rich putrescence of Lyons in 1945 with a shrewd and gleeful eye. Golden Head Publications,......
Chess
BY PHILIDOR No. 23. C. J. ALLISON (Hon. Men., B.C.F. Tourney No. 77) WHITE, 11 men. mate in 2 moves: solution next week. Solution to last week's problem by Neumann: B-Kt 7,......
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