18 JULY 1952, page 22

An American Character

THOSE who want to understand America and to get a glimpse of American achievement will do well to read Mr. Manchester's life of H. L. Mencken. Both for his virtues and his......

English Painters, Big And Small

THE importance to Constable of his long friendship with the Rev. John Fisher, Archdeacon of Berkshire, has always been recognised, for Leslie drew largely upon their......