12 MARCH 1932, page 20

Mr: Epstein. ' And The Man In The Street

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—I, too, like Half-Century Reader, regard Mr. Epstein's work from the point of view of a commonplace man in the street. A schoolmaster by......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.

Sra,—I would like to thank your correspondent, F. G. Keen; for his protest against Major Yeats-Brown's conception of God. My own faith in God's Providence would be utterly......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sin,—" A Half-century...

of the Spectator " interests me very much by his frank request for an explanation of what Mr. Epstein is producing at the present time. It is truly delightful to find an elderly......

Comnannum.

Why is the bridge from the Strand called Waterloo Bridge Because it is like the victory of Waterloo—a very splendid affair, and cost a great deal more than it is worth.......

A Hundred Years Ago

TILE " SPECTATOR," MARCH 10TFI, 1832, A PROMPT CONGREGATION. On Sunday last, at Trinity Church, Sloane Street (containing about 1,300 sittings, 800 of which are free), the Rev.......

The Oratorios, And The Royal Society Of Musicians' Denser;

We class these two musical performances of the week together, because the same report will suffice for both. It is our usual cus- tom to look over the schemes of such musical......

The Isrrus Buss.

The Anti-Reformers - have at length screwed their courage to the sticking-point ; a preternatural birth has taken place, in the shape of two little Reform Bills, after eighteen......

Equinox

To-Niorrr again I have heard darkness of music, Mutter of thunder, ominous, not of the storm That drives blackness before me : I rose from my loneliness And went to the door and......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sitc,—it Is With Much

interest that I have read the letter of the " Reader for half a century of the Spectator," on Epstein's art. I cannot claim to have read the Spectator for quite so long, but I......

Escape And Prayer

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Your correspondent who protests against my conception of " a God who pottered about " watching our attempts to escape, while " other......