27 MAY 1960, page 23

Landscape With Houses

PROFESSIONAL historians are frequently re- proached for their inability or unwillingness to write Clearly and crisply on matters which might !merest the general reader. The......

Volume Ii

The Law and the Profits. By C. Northcote Parkin- son. (John Murray, 15s.) , 'WHAT a pity.' It is possible to start the review before reading the book. Here is another Parkinson,......