11 AUGUST 1917, page 12

Wound Gratuities. Its The Emma Or The "spectato.."1...

who has been in hospital for the last year, has re- ceived wound gratuities amounting to .8230. Of that sum ever,' penny has been dissipated in harmless but trifling amusements.......

The Irish Question.

(To TEE Enema or THE " Sermo.rox."1 Ent,—In last week's Spectator you published a letter from an American correspondent on the Irish question, and added a note to the effect......

• A Private's Views.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Stn,—I notice in the Spectator's columns that the Wesleyans are scheming to utilize the gifts of our wounded soldiers and sailors in the......

The Epidemic Of Adoption.

[To sae EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.') Sia,—You ask in your article on adoption whether the epidemic of adoption is going to stay. There are many obvious reasons why a childless......

South African Labour Battalion, B.e.f.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sm,—Referring to the interesting correspondence in the Spectator recently regarding the Besides in France, I take the liberty of rending you......

"tasks And Visions."

(To THE Emma OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Fie,—There is one passage in your review of Tasks and Visions in last week's issue which explains why the Church has lost much of its former......