21 OCTOBER 1949, page 9

Beech Tree In October

MICHAELMAS daisy and dahlia Put off their full regalia, Each crown Is ragged grown. But the beech tree tall, More lovely in her fall Than in her prime, Puts on the splendour of......

In The Soviet Zone

By HENRY COLMAR A S you enter the Eastern Zone from Czechoslovakia, the first im- pression is decidedly that of a sovereign State rather than of an occupied country. Everywhere......

44 Mere Matters Of

Procedure" By SIR GILBERT CAMPION* B EHIND the well-lit stage of parliamentary politics patient research will discover a rather dusty shelf-full of stage directions. It is......