15 OCTOBER 1932, page 21

Central Banking

TB ERE is a legend that in the Treasury they lock Mr. Hawtrey away in some lonely eyrie (deprive hint of writing materials) and express a hope that lie will " have a good......

A Page Out Of " Cranford " Mrs. Gaskell Has

long been regarded, in her life as well as her works, as a typical figure of the Victorian age, discreet, ladylike, tranquil, " playful," as Mr. Lilly wick said, " but sewerely......

A Poet's Theology

God Without Thunder : An unorthodox Defence of Ortho- doxy. By John Crowe Ransom. (Gerald Howe. 4s. Od.) THERE are certain services which only the saints and the poets can......