Book reviews in this article:Statesmen in Disguise: The Changing Role of the Administrative Class of the British Home Civil Service, 1853–1966Geoffrey K.Fry. Macmillan.The Higher Civil Service in BritainBy Richard A.Chapman.Governing BritainBy A.H.Hanson and Malcolm Walles.Government in France: An Introduction to the Executive PowerBy Malcolm Anderson.Government in Sweden: The Executive at WorkBy Neil Elder.Local Government in England 1958–1969By H.Victor Wiseman (ed.).Democracy and CommunityBy William Hampton.Going Comprehensive: Educational Policy‐making in Two County BoroughsBy R.Batley, O.O'Brien and H.Parris.American City PoliticsBy P.J.Madgwick.Government Patronage of the Arts in Great BritainBy J.S.H