30 SEPTEMBER 1911, Page 13

[To THE EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —The three verses on

" War " by Archbishop Alexander, quoted by Major Nelson, form part of a much longer poem which was published in the Times, October 31st, 1899, and afterwards reprinted in Literature. The whole poem, which was entitled "Is War the only Thing that has no good in it ? " is a magnificent combination of inspired thought and