23 APRIL 1937, page 10

Eccentric Englishwomen : H. Mrs. Grote

By MONA WILSON OW I know the meaning of the word ' grotesque,' " exclaimed Sydney Smith, as Mrs. Grote entered the drawing-room in a rose-coloured turban. " I like them ; I like......

A Dictator Who Failed: Boulanger 1837-1937

By D. W. BROGAN I T is one of the most celebrated of Marxian epigrams that " history repeats itself ; once as tragedy and once as farce." The career of General Boulanger, who......