10 FEBRUARY 1939, Page 21

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—WOUld it alter the

complexion of the argument of Mr. Martin, or of any other .arguments dealing with "The Cane and the ' Cat,' " if a boy, still at school, reminded them that a public school is a minor dictator state, and not, as so many people think, a democratic institution?—I am, yours