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Roosevelt or Hoover ? MR. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT is plainly the M right choice for the Democratic Party as Presidential candidate, and the Chicago convention revealed the fact...

THE SINGING WOOD By Lady Frazer Dexterity of invention and whimsical charm separate these stories, The Singing Wood (A. and C. Black, 5s.) from the ruck of children's books....

THE NEW CONCEPTIONS OF MATTER By Professor C. G. Darwin The Tait Professor of Natural Philosoplhv in the University of Edinburgh is a manl well fitted to bring scientific...

SIR WALTER SCOTT By Professor H. J. C. Grierson Sir }}'alter Scott (Oliver & Boyd, 3s. 6d.) cannot be judged by t he ordinary standard of Professor H. J. C. Grierson's work....

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Current Literature ITALIAN FOREIGN POLICY: 1918-32 By Muriel Currey Tie last few years have shown a marked tendency among ,lalishmien writing on foreign countries to record...

Conversion and the Banks The success of the Con-ersion scheme may be regarded as assured. The scheme indeed would never have been launched if it had not been virtually assured...

The Schools and Business The correspondence in The Tires onl the public schools and business life is opportune. The path from the one to the other might well be made smoother...

The Empire in New York The decision to erect a British Empire Building as part of the new Radio City in New York ought not to go unnoticed. Radio City itself, occupying a vast...

Turkey and the League of Nations nab I . 1 . .1 Y f The rule that the League of Nations does not invite States to join it, but waits for them to apply, is rapidly going by the...

Second Thoughts on the Hoover Plan The Cabinet lhas shown wisdom in changing its attitu(dC to the Hoover disarmament proposals, and deciding to basC its own proposals on them...

Saving and Spending Tuesdav's issue of The Timties contained in one colnia a lctter signed by manl members of the economic faculties at Oxford and Cambridge, together with a;...

Facts and Fictions Memory's. By F. AW. Mlemory. (Cassell. 7s. 6d.) When Fleet Street Calls. By J. C. Cannell. (Jarrolhs. 1 -'. 6w1. ) Phantom Fame, or The Anatomy of...

WVhat does Scottish Nationalism really nican ? Aft cr reading 'Mr. Compton Maclenzie's Stirling speecti--an( now that he is Lord Rector of Glasgow University his wordls muiist...

OLD BOTTLiE:S. Clearly if we are thus to re-develop our industrial activities we must before long thoroughly overhaul our machinery of government. It is creaking....

The lack of attention given to the clainms of ScottishA aggrietil- ture, the condition of the ScNottish Record Oflice in Edinburgh which has become chaotic through lack of...

In this connexion the recent conference liel(I bet ween the Scottish National Party and the Imperial Conimiittee of the C'atheart (Glasgow) Unionist Association, to discover...

* * * * EDINBt-RGII S NEWV MUtSEUMa. Visitors to Edinburgh this summer shouid miakc a sp)eeial p)oint of seeing the new City Museull at IunItly louse (it their way down the...

Correspondence Scottish Letter Niw WINE. Recent activities of the Scottish National Development Council have begun to awaken the national consciousness of a people rendered...

B.B.('. UNDEit Ftitu. Serious allegations have lbecn made ngainst tHI B.Ii.('. by the IProvost of l)ingwall, acting it seens on behalf of 27,0(0) wireless licence holders...

Finance-Public & Private The War Loan Conversion IT is many years since the Stock Exchange experienced so stirring a week as that wshich terminated on Saturdav last. In a mild...

Two POINTS TO R:ENIEMEMBER. In view of the great importance which attaches to this Conversion scheme, and in view also of the many interests affected, I shall probably be...

A FORMFIDABLE PROBLESM. Readers of the various notices of the Conversion scheme will, possibly, have become somewhat tired of hearing it described as " bold and courageous."...

Wity TnIREE-AN-D-A-hI.u.F PER CEN-T ? Nevertheless, and because of the immensity of the problem, it had been thoughit that the Treasury -would scarcely risk converting into a...

SCHEME FAVOURABLY RECEIVED. Making all allowance for any official support which may have been given before or after the announcement of the Conversion scheme, there can be no...

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I Lotteries and Betting The Royal Commission on Lotteries and Betting, which has begun to take evidence, has at once been confronted with the real problem before it. The lawV...

I The Film Institute Levy The narrow margin, 186 votes to 168. bJy' Which the decision to make a 5 per cent. levy on the proceeds of Sunday film performances for a Film...

The Director of the I.L.O. The appointment of MNr. lHarol(l 1litler as l)irector of the Internatiomal Labour Oflice in sitceession to thre late M1. Albert Thormas will...

The Old Bailev Trial The trial of 'Mrs. Elvira lBarnev at the Old Bailey has fortunately beeii brief. On the evidence a verdict of mnurder was out of the question, and though...

I King Manoel The ex-King of Portugal, who died vecv stiddenily last Saturday, will be regretted bv his nmaniy Eniglish friends. le had a tragic youth, for at eighteen lie...

The Brvnmawr Transformation Tl'e many Spectator readers who generously Sul)scribed to our fund ior the uneml)loyed miners of Brynnmawr will like to know that the money lhas...

I Sky-Writing The Select C'ommittee on sky-writii ig has given the new invention a conditional approval. Sky-writing, the Committee thinks, should be permitted on weeknights in...

An Educational Pioneer. The death of Miss Penelope Lawrence, the founder of Roedcan, sends the mind back to the beginninlg of L notable development in the education of girls...

THlE RIETURN' Of' THE POILE:CAT. .gainst all expectation the p)olecat., thought to h)r virtually extinct, has returned in considerable numimblers. I ree or(d( (i last year its...

A Bjiti CEl"NSUS. A census is being taklci of a number of our birds; and iii formation is desired. It is not possible to do for every bird what Mr. Nicholson latelv did for the...

I XTHIE IN'COMPARALE " SHIIRIE." I saw last week a group of shire horses that seemed to me the best I had ever seen; and they were collected in the neighbourhood of the very...

Country Life A ' BUY-ENGLISH" PAVILION. Many people who have no technical interests in agricultural shows begin to find the grounds worth a visit for other than merely...

We are not altogether without compensations. The local cannery begins to take the place of the mill and, indeed, to encourage a more intensive form of cultivation. May we take...

FLOR.AL, EsSIENCES. In the l)ercnnial battle against pests in farm and gardcn the flowers themselves are now supplying the best remedies. At the head of the list ceumCes the...

Individual housekeepers interested in National Mark goods increase and add momentum to the movement; but this month a greater access is in evidence. A special committee of the...

THE DANGEROUS MUSHROOM [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,-I was glad to see Mr. C. E. Hecht's letter on " The Neglect of Vegetables." He mentions mushrooms. Slowly grown...

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THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SiR,-Since the end of October I have been staying here at an hotel, which has a very wide terrace overlooking the sea. I...

THE WETS AND THE DRYS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIu,-We are pretty well accustomed to the words " the wets" and " the drys," applied to the two contending parties in...

UNORGANIZED COTTON [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] ,S¢,-As a reader of your paper for fifty years and as a worker in the cotton trade for a like period, may I ask you to...

1)ELINQUENCY AND FLOGGING [To he Editor of the S'EXrTvToR.] Sit,-In %view of the doubt expxressed by the newly formed Association for the Scientific Treatment of Delinquency...

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VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND SUPERVISION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SI R,-Too much importance cannot be given to vocational guidance and after-care of...

STERILIZATION AN-D CHILD WELFARE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-I have been greatly interested in your article on sterilization and, as one who cares deeply about the...

THE EMPIRE AND) ECONOMY IN SU(AR [T'o the Editor of the SPEIC''A'IOIt.] SiR,- Yoto rightly stated in your issue of .July 2nd that sugar has ever since the War )CCIn the "...

THIE I)ISTRIBUTORS' PROFIT IN CHEESE I To the Editor of the SPrEr.TAron.I SIR,--With reference to your paragraph on page 3 of last week's Spectator under the heading of " 'I'lh...

PRIVATE SCHOOL LANDING GROUNDS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-There has been a growing demand in the Press for emergency Landing Grounds as an aid to safer flying....

TEETH AND DIET [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sim.-The reasons advanced for dental deay bi 1)r. .J. ?Menzies Campbell in your issue of .June '5th are the most convincing I...

The Modern Home [W e shall be pleased to reply to any inquiries arising from tht articles zwe publish on the Modern Home page. Inquiries should be addressed to the Editor, The...

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The Cinema "The Road to Life" at the Cambridge Theatre Tins is not one of the great Russian filmns; but in spite of that it is v ery much more worth while than practically all...

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Distrust and Uncertainty in India Byv EDWARD VIILIERS, President of the European Association of India. W E cannot mark time in India. The last few months hav-c seen such...

GENERAL ELECTRIC. Although a policy of prudence has been responsible for a reduction in the dividend on General Electric shares from 10 to 8 per cent., the report which Sir...

THE NATIONAL REvEN'UtE. On June 30th were published the National Revenue Returns for the first quarter of the present fiscal year, and, on the whole, the result disclosed was...

Finance-Public and Private (Continued from page 62) TH E RENTIER'S SACRIFICE. On the other hand, there is another asl)ect of the C(onversion scheme which I do not think...

Financial Notes AN EXCITING WEEK. So far as price movements on the Stock Exchange are concerned, the announcement of the Governrment's iDelht Conversion Scheme, which I have...

FOREIGN STOCKS BETTER. It is indicative of the extent to which the -War Loan con. version has dominated the situation that comparatively little heed should have been given to...

Poetry Song COUNT lnot thy happier kisses lost, Nor reckon tinme that's spent in giving. I love thee at no moment's cost, Since loving thee is perfect living. No music in this...

A Hundred Years Azo T1HE .SPECTATOR,' JULY i ,TTH, 1832. THE, FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE. This is a most extraordinary piece of nastiness, perpetrated by a ladly in America, and...

The Week at Westminster A PART from iMr.Chamberlain's dramatic announcement A of the intention to convert the 5 per cent. War Loan, the important event of the week has been the...

Our Largest University LARGEST and greatest are not synonyms. Whether Mil this particular case the one adjective connotes the other may be left to the learned professors of the...

THE PROPAGATION OF THE UNFIT [To the Editor of the SPECT ATOR.] SiR,-Under the above head in your issue of June 18th, you state " the real difficulty is to decide who may be...

MACHINERY TRIUMPHANT [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,-Your contributor, Rev-. S. A. McDowall, in his article " Machinery Triumphant " considers two creeds, viz., " the...

WAR LOAN CONVERSION |TO the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,--I am writing this letter to draw your attention to the dangers which lie in the path of the War Loan Conversion...

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The Empire and the World A s the Ottawa Contreince approaches a sense of reality regarding its issues is increasingly apparent. Confidence in the achievemenits of results of...

London River The Geography of London River. By L. C. Rodwell Jones. (Methueri. 21s.) Lo.Ni)o.N RIvrEt as sailors call it, the Thames estuary, or the port of London, has been...

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Mozart Mozart. By Sacheverell Sitwell. With a frontispiece. (Peter Davies. 5a..) MR. SACULEVERELL SITWELi., as a writer on music, is in the direct line of descent from...

Yo-yo BY JAN STItt 'IlEI.R. YO-YO ? " Said tile (dear o(l lady, (l.iippilIl b)ravely 1 into a lialf-lieard eonverstionll. " Isn't that ; kind of Indian philosophy which makes...

The Annuities Controversy Til.e Anglo-Irish controversy has narrowed (lown to a finer poilnt than evercand the, hlole elal)orate and distasteful niechianisim for enforcing...

Misgivings in India The anxietv of the Indian Liberals about. the programme announced last week by Sir Samuel Hoare is intelligible, but there is no good reason to (loubt the...

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Canadian Pastel Forest Wild. 13y Mr. Constantin-Weyer. (Routledge. 7,,;. Cd.) " In the N.orth-Wetit I know a denso forest, a foresit of aloq). ,K, birches, and spinets, iw...

This Freedom Freedom in the Modern World. By John Macmurray. (Faber. 6s.) PROFESSOR MACIMURRtY'S book consists of two series of broadeast talks, four talks on " The Modern...

A Ford Amongst Novelists Candid Reminiscences: My First Thirty Years. By Uptoni Sinclair. (T. Werner Laurie. lOs. 6(d.) ON-E does not often go to the publisher's blurb for...

Simple Finance The Crisis in the World's Monetary System. By Gustav Cassel. (Oxford: at the Clarendon Press. 4s. 6d.) Finance and Politics. By Paul Einzig. (Macmillan. 7s....

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Conversion and the Common Man By OSCAR HOBSON. rHJIE huge and ambitious conversion operation T launched by the Government a week ago has aroused far more controversy and even...