6 JUNE 1925, Page 18

A CORRECTION [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

Sra,—Mr. St. Loe Strachey's quotation from Watts's hymn, " There is a land of pure delight," in his article on " Coal into- Oil " is not quite accurate. It should run :- " But timorous mortals start and shrink To cross the narrow sea, And linger shivering on the brink And fear to launch away.