24 JANUARY 1970, page 14

Books Romantic Landscape With Express

REGINALD HERRING No more with a railway than with a battle can the commander hope to do it again and get it right. A railway throughout its life bears the stamp of its first......

A Hundred Years Ago

From the 'Spectator,' 22 January 1870—It is said that secrecy has been again imposed upon the Bishops by the Pope,--rather super- fluously, we should say, for the amount of......