16 JANUARY 1959, page 21

Adult Education

THERE was no dearth of painless reading matter When the first Spectator appeared; yet it did not attempt to conceal from its readers that its object Was to civilise them.......

Cussed Mean

The Twentieth Maine. By John J. Pullen. (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 30s.) THE progress in the American Civil War of a volunteer regiment called the Twentieth Maine has been made......

A Case For Peace

WHAT a pity that the whole debate about nuclear weapons has not been conducted on as sane and sensible a level as that of this book. Starting from the premise that every living......