30 MAY 1969, page 16

Honourable Men

DONALD McLACHLAN The Canaris Conspiracy Roger Manvell and Heinrich Frankel (Heinemann 50s) I have been told that the high reputation of our security service for keeping aloof......

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator,' 29 May 1869—The result of the first examination for women in the Uni- versity 'of London has recently been announced. As Lord Granville mentioned in his......

Scilly Season

A. L. ROWSE Island Treasure Roland Morris (Hutchinson 42s) One thinks of the eighteenth century as the age of the benevolent despot, but in Augustus Smith of the Scilly Islands......

The Rise And Fall Of The Man Of Letters John

Gross (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 63s) Grub street PATRICK ANDERSON The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters John Gross (Weidenfeld and Nicolson 63s) Those emerging from the arduous......