THERE is something modiæval and romantic in the Polish character, a quixotism dating from the days when John Sobieski saved Europe from the Turks and exemplified in our own tima by the Polishinvasion of Russia in 1920 and the doggedness of the slow retreat which followed when the Poles believed that they were saving Europe from Russia. Warsaw is a romantic capital -and it is with this side of its life that
Mr. Gielgud will talk tonight. He is of Polish descent himself, and frequently visits the country of his blood. A novel by Mr. Gielgud. with Poland for its setting, is appearing early next year.