3 APRIL 1953, page 24

Unacknowledged Legislators

IN politics, as in other things, the typical Romantic attitude is Rousseau's : anarchism when young, itatisme, stern though soulful, when not so young. The political views of......

Lord Salisbury

Salisbury-1830-1903. By A. L. Kennedy. (John Murray. 25s.) A YOUNG man once consulted Lord Salisbury about a career. He said that he wanted to choose a pfofession in which he......

In Next Week's ."spectator” V. Sackvillc-west Will Review...

Grove " by Rosamund Lehmann ; J. M. Cohen " Carlyle : An Anthology '•' by G. M. Trevelyan ; and H. S. Anima' "The Book al Cricket Verse," edited by Gerald Brodribb.......

A Bumper Of Detective Books

SUCH a bumper month for detection and thrillers we haven't known in years. Some are, of course, better than others, but every single book mentioned here is, in its own way,......