23 JANUARY 1953, page 10

Two Barristers

By ROY LEWIS I N the East African colony (not to particularise too closely) I stayed in the home of an old friend, a high legal dignitary; in the West African colony I stayed at......

To Sir Edward Marsh

(1872-1953) Have we been, after all, in too great haste To give Maecenas wealth as well as taste ? For you have shown us that, to play his part, It needs but an expenditure of......

Snake

I T was cool in the sewing-room—the warm coolness of the shaded part of the house in a hot North Australian afternoon—cool and quiet, with the drowsy cackle of the fowl-yard......