18 JUNE 1954, page 22

Witness Of Woe

F one had to reduce to half a dozen volumes the enormous corpus of writings about the First World War, General Spears's Liaison Would be among the survivors. The same may not be......

Pure Renaissance

`Antonio Perez. By Gregorio Marafion. (Hollis and Carter. 42s.) THERE is no better lesson in Spanish history than a visit to the . scorial, that great, gloomy, faintly......

Beckford's Travels

WILLIAM BECKFORD wail§ 'man whom every circumstance contrived to promise a happy and successful life. He was one of the wealthiest men in England, by birth he could take his......