13 JULY 1929, page 9

Dawn At Vallombrosa

I LET myself out of the hotel in the dark and passed behind the old Benedictine monastery where Galileo was educated and where the Brownings stayed, climbing the path to the......

The Index To Volume 142 Of The " Spectator "

WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY ON JULY 27TH, 1929. Readers resident outside the British Isles, and Libraries Overseas, are asked to inform the SpEcrATOlt Office in advance as to the......

Teaching English In Japan O Ne Of The Chief Difficulties...

face the teacher of En g lish in Japan is the extreme pride (some call it " vanity ") of the students. They find En g lish q uite as difficult a lan g ua g e as I am findin g......