POINTS FROM LETTERS BRITISH HOTELS.
From a wide experience I should say that there is hardly a word of truth in your correspondent's (Mr. Charles W. Stokes) article in the Spectator of the 2nd inst. The much boosted Ameri- can hotels do not appeal to the British traveller as giving real comfort, but he keeps quiet not wishing to hurt the feelings of the super-sensitive American. Why those hotels, where no attention is to be had without constant tipping, should be held up as a standard to this country amazes me, and it is to be hoped that the phase will soon pass.- Joux GILLAN, 1 Strathallan Terrace, Glasgow.
Ton DEVIL WAS SICK.
In the " General Knowledge " question in the Spectator of August 9th Rabelais' " Devil was sick " is, as so frequently happens, misquoted. It should, of course, be " The Devil a monk would be." It may be of interest to recall that some time in the 'eight ies--I quite forget the occasion, perhaps sonic of your readers may remember—some M.P., using the tag in an attack on Mr. Gladstone, made the same slip as the prize- winner. Mr. Gladstone's only reply to the attack was- " Monk, not Saint."—Wrtrrois C. Surow, Craigieburn, Moffat, Dumfriesshire.
THE FUTURE OF MISSIONS IN INDIA.
In this connexion attention should be drawn to an article in that leading and representative weekly The Indian Social Reformer of March 29th, under heading "How India Can Be A Dominion," first, remarking that the editor is an upholder of the Satyagraha movement. " We cannot ask that the King of the Indian Dominion should not profess the Christian faith, but we think India may and should ask that the Coro. nation Oath should contain a solemn undertaking on the part of the Sovereign to be Protector of the ancient religious faiths of this country. The present principle of religious neutrality must be replaced by a principle of active and appreciative protection. The most important consequence of the change will be that organized religious proselytism, having for its purpose the seduction of His Majesty's subjects from their ancestral faiths, will be barred, as the King, being the Protector of all religions, cannot let one of them wage war against another."—I. J. Prrr, 8 Newnham Terrace, Cambridge.
SCHOLARSHIP Toun.
We have received particulars of a valuable scholarship tour which is being arranged by the Joint Tuberculosis Council, thanks to the generosity of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. Fifty scholarships of 500 dollars apiece towards the cost of a visit to Canada and the United States were made available. The selected medicos engaged in tuberculosis work sailed from Liverpool in the ' Duchess of Bedford' on August 8th, and they were due to arrive in Winnipeg in time to attend the British Medical Association meeting there.
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