12 JULY 1913, page 13

[to Thy Editor Of The "spectator.") Was Once Driving Past

some rustic cottages with an old gentleman who made, if I rightly recall it, this remark : " Lord Palmerston once said that every cottage ought to have three things—a good oven,......

The Cottage Problem.

[To THE EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR." j SIR,—May I suggest that the ideal cheaply constructed cottage is not altogether visionary, and that as regards a simple tenure equal to......

[to Tats Editor Ot Try "spectator") Sin,—tbe Writer Of The

article on "The Cottage Problem" in the Spectator of July 5th entirely overlooked the chief reason for the high cost of cottages, or indeed of any building, which is the action......

Redistribution Before Dissolution.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I think the inequalities in the representation of different places in the United Kingdom revealed by the late census are of so startling......

Letters To The Editor.

THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK. re.° THE EDITOR OF TUN " SPECTATOR:1 Srn,—When a Government falls into a decline its supporters are accustomed to take comfort by assuring themselves that......