GREAT BRITAIN: Words - Not Swords

A saucy little book called The Point of Parliament, a collection of Punch articles, last week was selling like nylons on London bookstalls. The author was Sir Alan (A.P.) Herbert, M.P., professional humorist, amateur pedant and enthusiastic beller of stray cats.

In a series of talks with fictitious youngsters "Richard & Ivy," Author Herbert dissects piecemeal Parliament's intricate anatomy in a warm, simple, tot-on-each-knee manner. First he winces through the exigencies of being an M.P., describes the House of Lords (". . . Still very useful for correcting mistakes of grammar and spelling . . ."), then leads a bill entitled...

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