14 APRIL 1939, page 13

A Day With William Palmer

By BERNARD DARWIN "M URDER," says the admirable Mr. Roughead, "has a magic of its own, its peculiar alchemy . . . Dull streets become fraught with mystery, commonplace dwellings......

Camps Good And Bad

By SIR RONALD DAVISON A FORTNIGHT ago The Spectator allowed me to des- cribe the Government's new Camps Bill and to discuss its potentialities both for peace and war. This......