12 MAY 1950, page 9

American Notes

By D. W. BROGAN I T was raining in New York—and that was news. We all know that an island Is a piece of land entirely surrounded by water, and Manhattan is still an island. But......

Maypoles And Puritans

By LESLIE HOTSON W HEN Chaucer's restless spring comes round, I always long to go on pilgrimage in search of Shakespeare's - England ; and experience invariably turns my steps......