24 DECEMBER 1988, page 70

The Ancient World Seen From The Inside

Hugh Lloyd-Jones AULUS GELLIUS by Leofranc Holford-Strevens Duckworth, £35, pp.284 N ot all of the most learned men teach in universities. Some of the most learned persons I......

The Apparition

Down at the bottom of my bed Was Herod, standing on his head. He waved his big feet in the air. I heard him cry It isn't fair— if I'd known then what now I know About that......

Stopped Off To Tell Us What They'd Found, The Wise

men passed cigars around, Huge Winston Churchill jobs, but Dad Made me give mine back and said He shouldn't be encouraged, sires. Where there's smoke be sure the fire's Not long......

Is America Our Ancient Enemy?

Jonathan Clark INVENTING THE PEOPLE: THE RISE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA by Edmund S. Morgan W. W. Norton, £12.95, pp.318 D o you have any idea what it is......