The Nanny

The Governance of Britain By Sir Harold Wilson Harper & Row, 219 pp., $10.95

On the dustjacket of the American edition of Sir Harold Wilson’s The Governance of Britain are displayed some of the more deferential comments of British critics: “unique,” “a classic,” “not . . . short of gems,” “informative,” “good humored,” “lively . . . challenging,” and, from my own paper, “Sir Harold is at his shrewdest in the comparisons he draws between the United Kingdom and United States systems of government.”

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Colin Welch

The Governance of Britain By Sir Harold Wilson Harper & Row, 219 pp., $10.95

On the dustjacket of the American edition of Sir Harold Wilson’s The Governance of Britain are displayed some of the more deferential comments of British critics: “unique,” “a classic,” “not . . . short of gems,” “informative,” “good humored,” “lively . . . challenging,” and, from my own paper, “Sir Harold is at his shrewdest in the comparisons he draws between the United Kingdom and United States systems of government.”