19 OCTOBER 1951, page 19

The Cabinet Minister

(From the New Canterbury Tales) WITH us ther was a minister of state That on ure pilgrimage was comen late, For he was let and hindered, soth to seye, At Chekkers as he cam......

Books Of The Week

A Traveller's Autobiography Last time the Spectator gave me the opportunity of reviewing a book of yours (Traveller's Prelude it was), I felt some diffidence and wrote you a......