26 NOVEMBER 1954, page 27

The Background Of George Eliot

'IT is the habit of my imagination,' wrote George Eliot, 'to strive after as full a vision of the medium in which a character moves as of the character itself.' Such a vision of......

What Do I Really Mean?

The Complete Plain Words. By Sir Ernest Gowers. (HMSO. 5s.) THIS IS Sir Ernest Gowers's re-arrangement and revision of his previous guides to good official English, Plain Words......