23 FEBRUARY 1968, page 8

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator', 22 February 1868—We learn by Atlantic Telegraph that the new State Constitu- tion has been defeated in Alabama, and so ends the hope of a speedy......

My Country, 'tis Of Thee

PERSONAL COLUMN ANTHONY BURGESS When Dr Johnson called patriotism the last refuge of a scoundrel, he undoubtedly had poli- ticians in mind. There has been, in the life of this......