6 JULY 1907, Page 25

A BIBLICAL CRITIC.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.']

Sin,—An accidental reference to Jonah in your last issue reminds me of an incident which may amuse your readers. A critic with an anti-Biblical bias occasionally writes his opinions on some palings near my house. A short time ago the following pithy sentences appeared:—" (1) Moses was an ass. (2) Miracles are rot. (3) Jonah never swallowed the