14 MARCH 1958, page 26

The Masculine Intelligence

Peninsula. Edited by Charles Causley. (Mac- donald, 10s. 6d.) THE deaths of poets seldom seem to inspire even good fellow-poets to more than tactful pastiche at best, or......

Dead Or Alive

A Victorian Eminence: The Life and Works of Henry Thomas Buckle. By Giles St. Aubyn. (Barrie, 25s.) WHO today has read Buckle's History of Civiliza- tion in England? Its......

At 17s. 6d. Rathbone Books Have Brought Out A Number

of magnificent descriptive books, simpli- fied and illustrated accounts of subjects like Medicine, Power and Food, by such well-known authors as Ritchie Calder, Lancelot Hogben......

Solution Of 981 Across.-1 Flying Column. 9 Acanthous. 10...

11 Peseta. 12 Mess-mate. 13 Roll-on. 15 Pinfolds. 18 Pampered. 19 Orford. 21 Cassocks. 23 Cantab. 26 Loire. 27 Atavistic. 28 Adhesive tape. DOWN.-1 Flapper. 2 Years. 3 Not at......

Spectator Crossword No. 983

ACROSS 1 Snub for the manicurist about polish? (6) 4 Remove from the board in a drag (8). 9 Twice 28 (6). 10 Maybe he won't be one when he's done some space-travel! (8) 12 Puss......