7 OCTOBER 1949, page 22

A Vehement Crusader

Eleanor Rathbone. By Mary Stocks. (Gollancz. 21s.) " WE were impressed by her vehemence " said a senior offic:al in a Ministry which had found itself constrained to capitulate......

In St. Stephen's Chapel

The Elizabethan House of Commons. By J. E. Neale (Cape. 18s.) SrunEmrs of Parliament of all ages, and especially those who have read Professor Neale's Queen Elizabeth, must have......