11 MAY 1951, page 16

Parish Magazines

SIR, —May I say how much I appreciate the sections of the Spectator which deal with "Reviews of the Week" and "Contemporary Arts"? It is no small compensation for having almost......

Capital Punishment

SIR,--it is indeed true, as Mr. Gold says, that " if this [the decline in the murder-rate] were arrested through a change in the punishment factor (the other factors being......

Letters To The Editor

The New Feminism SIR.-I unfortunately missed Honor Croome's review of The Art of Being a Woman, but there are some points in Mrs. Henrey's letter which require further comment.......

Sir, - Is Not Mrs. Henrey A Bit Dismally Restrictive In Her

definitions of femininity and feminine functions and interests ? Fashion and make-up, cookery, sewing, knitting, romance and counting linen ? Is she as ruthless with men ? I......