28 FEBRUARY 1969, page 27

Part 2: Man Born To Be King

AFTERTHOUGHT JOHN WELLS In response to many requests from readers of 'After you, Cecil' (14 February), we publish this week a second excerpt from the most remarkable......

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator,' 27 February 1869 — "In Scot- land," says the Duke of Argyll, in the admirable speech with which he introduced his [Scotch Edu- cation] Bill, "the universal......

Old Chums Sir : Mr Robert Blake, In His Review

of Arch- bishop Mathew's Lord Acton and his Times (14 February), quotes John Morley on the puzzle Acton was to his English contem- poraries, who were uncertain how much he......