19 MAY 1961, page 25

So Much Old Rope

The Crusade against Capital Punishment in Great Britain. By Elizabeth Orman Tuttle. (Stevens, 30s.) IN a typical article published in "1908; writes D r, Tuttle, 'the Spectator......

Limpidity And Impudence

The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell. Edited by Lester E. Denonn and Robert E. Egner. (Allen and Unwin, 42s.) WHILE Russell himself, with seemingly un- diminished vitality,......