15 SEPTEMBER 1950, page 17

Strange Battles

Roads to Rain. By E. S. Turner. (Michael Joseph. I2S. bd.) THE nature of the opposition to all improvements in human conditions, whether principally concerned with mind or body,......

A Great Regiment

The Black Watch and King's Enemies. By Bernard Fergusson. (Collins. 15s.) THERE is a formula for reviewing as well as for writing regi- mental histories. The reviewer speaks of......