9 NOVEMBER 1974, page 21

Up In Arms

Sir Ian Jacob Charge! Hurrah! Hurrah! Donald Thomas (Routledge and Kegan Paul £5.50) The British Army has always contained men of unusual character, and in the nineteenth......

Great Relief

lienny Green 1 11 .e . Boer War was a final notice served on the t aritish that Wellin g ton was dead. There had ?,e en earlier hints to that effect, from Lord `--helmsford at......

Bookbuyer's

Bookend Thank heaven for the Thomson Or g anisation. Just as it looked as thou g h the book trade was i n boring for a long winter, Lord Thomson's chief bookman Geor g e......