30 JUNE 1939, page 6

* * * * The Octavian Must Be About The

only penny quarterly magazine in England. Edited by Patricia Whish, it is the clarion of the Octavian Society, which seeks from an address in Barnes to " combat all ungenerous......

A Spectator's Notebook

T HE Air Ministry is dealing very gently with the small vested interest in aerial advertising. No licences are to be extended after October, 1941, so that for three more summers......

It Could Only Be A Matter Of Months Before The

Protectorate in Bohemia would be driven to alter the name of the Wilson railway station in Prague. In doing so, however, they have missed the chance of a gesture which would......

Not Long Ago The Foundation Of New Book Clubs Reached

its peak with the appearance of more than one a week. The boom is not yet entirely exhausted: but the promoters of new ventures appear to be resorting to ever more improbable......

The Democratic Press

T HE speakers at the annual conference of the Empire Press Union this week included many others besides the representatives of the Press and of Governments. The ramifications of......

* * * * The End Of June Brings To

a close a noteworthy period in the history of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Mr. H. S. Goodhart-Rendel has been President of the Institute for the past two years;......

I Have Often Wished That (if Only For An Afternoon)

I might move, like Mr. Compton Mackenzie, in financial circles that stand to gain from war. There are many good people who have been so anxious not to gain from war that they......