15 MAY 1964, page 18

A Question Of Semantics

Iinperialism : The Story and Significance s of a Political Word, 1840-1960. By R. KOebner and H. D. Schmidt. (C.U.P., 63s.) `Itvrenals,Lism,' like 'Liberalism,' is a word which......

Translator And Angel

Rainer Maria Rilke : The Years in Switzerland, By J. R. von Salis. Translated by N. K. Cruickshank. (Hogarth Press, 35s.) No task of translation could be more exacting than to......