30 SEPTEMBER 1938, page 6

A Spectator's Notebook

T HE man who once summed up Mr. Chamberlain as " quite a good Lord Mayor of Birmingham—in a lean year " might perhaps be disposed today to reconsider his verdict. The House of......

The Use Of Books

T HE battle for popular education is half lost again if the people do not enter into their heritage. The privilege of free books, provided for the ratepayers by local government......