simplicity. At the end of the huge room a small tribune or plat- form had been arranged. The great South African, on his entry, was received with acclamation. In his clear and...

an unfortunate turn, and the best thing that could happen would be for the whole subject to be dropped for the present. There are certain steps which can and should be taken...

I SEE someone has written a book about Sir Stafford Cripps. It is called simply Cripps, which has the merit of indicating the subject better than some titles do, and though it...

By STRATEGICUS T did not require the visit of General Smuts to England to draw I attention to Africa as a potential zone of active operations. That continent has played an...

By JULIAN HUXLEY NE 9f The Spectator's editorial notes last week expressed warm general approval of the Royal Academy Committee's plans for the reconstruction of London, as a...

By SIR WILLIAM BARTON N spite of the recent intensity of discussion of the Indian 1 problem, certain points still call for emphasis. There are people, both in this country and...

By PETER F. WIENER O NE of my senior pupils asked me the other day what, in my opinion, was the best book which explained the real reasons for the collapse of France. It was a...

By ALAN MORAY WILLIAMS L ONG regarded as the Everest of European languages, Russian has been challenged since June 22nd, 1941, by a regular host of linguists, many of whom...

By HAROLD NICOLSON A T Brighton on Monday the Archbishop of Canterbury gave an excellent address upon the subject of law and force. It is a subject which in this country and in...

" Yankee Doodle Dandy." At Warners. " Coastal Command." At the Carlton and the Plaza. " Moontide." At the Odeon. AMERICAN film-makers do not fear to be nostalgic and...

THE present revival of Oscar Wilde's masterpiece has the advantage of a brilliant cast from the unobtrusive footman of John Milton, the impeccable butler of Charles Maunsel,...

Tribute to Vaughan Williams THERE was one person who last week benefited from the ill-wind of war, which spared him the glare of public admiration that in happier times he...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sut,—I delight in " Janus," who invariably makes me forget that he is an ancient two-faced Italian deity—until his signature slaps up against my...

SIR, —The evolution of machinery for the Ministry of Production is accelerating. There is an increasing understanding of the difference between the consumer interest in Supply...

Snt,—The land problem seems insoluble. It is nearly a century since John Stuart Mill well explained the nature of unearned increment and suggested that it should be subjected to...

SIR,—In your issue of October 9th Mr. R. W. Howard says of Hymn 593 in Songs of Praise: Masefield's four fine verses from ' The Ever- lasting Mercy' (beginning ' 0 Christ, Who...

A. Shaw's letter? He has made a slip in the date of " the Collection of Hymns " ; he intended to write 5875, not i885. I agree that, generally, the " old familiar " hymns...

the views of Professor Keeton and Dr. Schlesinger. In his review he said that their suggestions " concerning Latvia; Estonia and Bessarabia and those referring to the...

Su ,—In reply to my letter, Dr. Schlesinger protests that he is not making propaganda against an ally, and quotes Chapter VI, pp. 74, and following of his book. We can read on...

for Youth plan have appeared in your columns. These letters have for the most part been written by those whose days of youth have long since passed. I feel, Sir, that it is time...

Sut,—In so many articles on youth one is struck by the note of criticism. It is of course far from being all older people who—from time immemorial —criticise the young, and...

Sta,—In his kind review of my book on Italy Mr. Alan Rock says that I strongly incline " to present Fascism as no more than a Newgate Calendar episode in the development of...

Two small Cockney boys, emigrated to my part of the country, were returning to their lodging after a day's work in the fields. They had been gathering potatoes with zeal and...

Sta,—I recently came across, in a town far from here, what seems to me, in its particular quality, the most shocking instance of war-time waste in my experience. Shopkeepers...

SIR,—In an article on " Women in Prison," the writer states that " old- timers " openly say that they prefer prison to the poor law institution, because they are compelled to...

SIR,—From Mr. Amery's speech in the recent debate on India I learn that Mr. Gandhi is allowed to see newspapers, though not to communi- cate with friends. I withdraw therefore...

Henry Ponsonby. By Arthur Ponsonby. (Macmillan. 2ts.) THE career of a private secretary, buffer between the exigencies of an employer and the demands of the outer world, is...

Atlantis Re-Explored An Unknown Land. By Viscount Samuel. (Allen and Unwin. I2S. 6d.) BACON'S New Atlantis, as we all ought to know, was an account of a large island called...

Christianity and Civilisation. By H. G. Wood, Professor of Theology in the University of Birmingham. '(Cambridge University Press. 3s. 6d.) Au. that we mean by civilisation has...

As a regimental medical officer in the last war, general practitioner, physician to a children's hospital, and a medical inspector of schools, Dr. Batten writes with . ' an...

Russian Glory. By Philip Jordan. (Cresset Press. 7s. 6d.) SOME day perhaps Stalin will write his " War Memoirs " and Times shenko a documented history of the Soviet-German war....

Village in August. By T'ien Chian. (Collins. 85. 6d.) Thankless Child. By Frank Swinnerton. (Hutchinson. 9s. 6d.) Lonely Parade. By Fannie Hurst. (Cape. 9s. 6d.) Men As Trees....

IA Book Token for one guinea will be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday meek. Envelopes should be...

The winner of Crossword No. 187 is 0. R. COOMBE, Hill Rise, Croydon. ESQ., 27 Park

(Dent. 3s.) THIS agreeable edition (in Everyman's Library) of Mr. Forster's admirable novel awakens expectations which a closer inspection of the volume rather damps. The...

By CUSTOS IT is already apparent that the recent pause in the stock markets did not imply any reversal of the upward trend of security values, but merely a process of...