14 MAY 1965, page 21

Means Of Protection

As plovers trail their wings To hide t nest from men's concern, Right lovers turn Talk that nears treasured things. The best of judgment says No case is won by what speech......

Two Poems

By VERNON WATKINS Vultures Fling bones to vultures, who dissect Thoughts of a living man when dead. Trust the wide wings to spread his shade And win what he hates most, respect.......

The Man Of Good Sense

Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings. Edited with an introduction and notes by R. T. Davies. (Faber, 45s.) Poems. By Samuel Johnson. Edited by E. L. McAdam Jr. with George Milne.......

700 Years

Battle Royal. By Sir Tufton Beamish. (Muller, 35s.) ALL countries cherish their myths. We in par- ticular believe, and with some reason that parliamentary government surt,:d on......