Racial Theories Are In Fashion ; And One Might Say
of chess that its presiding geniuses have almost invariably been of Slav, Teutonic or Jewish race. The great Cuban master Capablanca was, like Morphy, an exception—a Latin who......
An Indian Settlement ?
S 0 the world must still wait for the Cabinet's decision on India. That is in a sense a disappointment, and no doubt it may be so taken in India itself. But the delay will be......
I Once Recommended In This 'column Two Admirable Sixpenny...
or booklets on Soviet Russia, Sir Bernard Pares' Russia in the Penguin Books, and Jennie Lee's Russia Our Ally. For the benefit of those, if any, who can run to a shilling in......
Having Had Occasion A Day Or Two Ago To Look
up one or two facts concerning Victor Hugo, I have come by chance on an instructive pair of literary judgements. Qn Les Miserables the searcher after guidance will find this: "......
Curiosity Still Prevails Regarding The Nature Of The...
'opinion which ended Mr. Garvin's association with The Observer. There was no doubt more than one subject of dis- sension, but I gather that the final split came over the......
A Spectator's Notebook I T Is Understood That A Press...
at the British Embassy in Moscow is about to be appointed. This is obviously a step of capital importance, and it would be reassuring to know that that is being realised where......
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