19 JUNE 1959, page 32

Footnotes To Donne

THE main historical importance of Sir Robert and Lady Drury is that their daughter Elizabeth died at the age of fifteen and was the occasion of Donne's `Funerall Elegie' and two......

Mr. Amory's Luck And Mr. Anderson's Load Of Mischief

By NICHOLAS DAVENPORT How gratified Mr. Amory must be to read the answers to the latest FBI questionnaire! No less than 59 per cent. of the firms declare that they feel more......

Solution Of Crossword 1,047

ACROSS.-1 Action. 4 Sold a pup. 8 Allegory. 10 Farrar, 12 Omaha. 13 Dragoncts. 14 Yield. 16 Cadastral. 17 Pot- boiler. 19 Casts. 21 Tarantula. 22 Limbo. 24 Akimbo. 25 Chairman,......

Spectator Crossword No. 1,049

ACROSS 1 And so the field changed, van- quished (8) 5 Last word on bad housing (6) 9 Whence came a royal mare (8) 10 Keep out the revolutionary (6) 12 Gets rid of the outhouses......