21 NOVEMBER 1958, page 59

Russian Diary

Red Curtain Up. By Beryl Grey. (Seeker and Warburg, 30s.) FEW ballerinas would write a complete and spontaneous account of a touring visit abroad— to most of them that would......

Dafydd And The Lower Orders

My Brother and I. By William George. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 30s.) knows Lloyd George. . . .' The song is proof of to see him rejoice in outwitting Balfour and build the......

Florentine Decays

As characters the Medici were scarcely very ' edifying : they began as unscrupulous bankers; they matured as tyrants; and they ended in paralysing debauchery. Their immortal......

The Article In Which Sir Lewis Namier Discusses The First

volume of Edmund Burke's letters has had tc be held over for some weeks owin g to a postponemen of publication.......