15 AUGUST 1947, page 28

Finance And Investment

By CUSTOS ANYONE who hoped or feared that the Government, having belatedly acknowledged that a crisis existed, would take really drastic steps to meet it must now be feeling......

To Ensure Regular Receipt Of The Spectator, Readers Are...

to place a firm order with their newsagent or to take out a subsctiption. Newsagents cannot afford to take the risk of carrying stock, as unsold copies are non-return- ' able.......

Book Notes

THE text of Now Barabbas, William Douglas Home's play of prison life, which has had such a deserved success during its run in London, is being published in a few days' time by......