13 OCTOBER 1939, page 21

" Proposals To Restore Sanity " Sir, —in A World...

bewildered and morally adrift, with crooked diplomacy for the time being triumphant, any constructive proposals to restore sanity in the international situation may at least be......

Beric The Briton Sir,—i Have Not Read Mrs. Mitchison's Book,

but your reviewer has ignored a parallel which may be as revealing as The Sign of the Cross. I refer to G. A. Henty's Beric the Briton, also (if my memory does not betray me......

Putting The Clock Back

was present at a conversation the other day at which parents were lamenting the probable impossibility of going to see their children at half-term. I ventured, as a grand-......

Russia's Action Sir,—i Am A Refugee From Czecho-slovakia,...

lived for five years since I had left Berlin, my native town, in 1934. I came over to this country in November, 5938. I belong to the Thomas Mann Group, and to the Refugee......

The Blue Lamp

SIR, —In these times of stress and strain, whed our minds are filled with.thoughts of our very gallant Army, Navy and Air Force, perhaps the readers of The Spectator would spare......