13 AUGUST 1937, page 21

The Private Nursing-home

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—With reference to a question asked by Miss Rathbone, M.P., in the House of Commons lately, may I be allowed space in your valuable paper......

Motorists And Moral Obliquity

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—There is a phrase in your editorial note on " Crime in 1935 " which should not be allowed to pass entirely unchal- lenged. You state that......

The Writing Of English

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of the 6th inst. there appears a short story called " A Wedding." The method or style adopted by the author savours of......

Impressions Of Germany

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Snt,—I read with interest the " German Impressions " in your issue of July 3oth, and would like to say how my own impressions after six months......

Scrap Iron

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The present state of emergency has produced a shortage of metals for armaments. There are large quantities of metal in the shape of tanks......

Bull-fighting And Cruelty [to The Editor Of The...

review in a recent Spectator of a biography of a celebrated bull-fighter contains no single hint of condemnation of his pastime. The one faint suggestion that such a book may......

The Paris Exhibition

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Blunt's opening sentences about the Paris Exhibition suggest that he visited it at least six weeks ago. It is quite untrue that " in......