30 JANUARY 1932, page 22

Gordon And The Sudan

WHEN writing to Col. Chaill6-Long, who had asked for information for the purpose of rebutting charges in connexion with the Gordon-Khartoum tragedy, Gladstone, in declining,......

Gossip And Gourmandise

The Gourmet's Ahnanach. By Allan ROSS MacDougall. (Desmond Herinsworth. 8s. 6d.) Tins attractively-produced book is an English edition of one already published in the United......

Daniel Defoe

A BIOGRAPHY of Defoe is a hunt for a bidden man. His son- in-law wrote to Sophia Defoe, "lour father loves to hide himself in mists," and in mists he remains. For what kind of......