7 OCTOBER 1949, page 9

French Impressions

By D. W. BROGAN F IRST of all, the weather. Of course, it was magnificent (and costly) in England, too, but I had more chance of seeing it at work in France. In some regions it......

Diderot And The Blind

By PHYLLIS D. HICKS T HIS year marks the bicentenary of the publication of Diderot's Lettre sur les Aveugles, a work small in size but great in influence. Indeed, it may be......

" Mtie 'i N October 6, 1849 Is There To Be

war in Turkey, or not ? That is the question of the day, and much may be said on both sides of it: the unknown event, however, is marching on without much mercy for the wishes......