14 AUGUST 1942, page 12

An August Anniversary

SIR,—In his " Marginal Comment," Mr. Harold Nicolson writes with fine feeling of August 4th's association with the outbreak of the First German War in 1914. May I refer to......

Dick Sheppard

SIR,—I wonder if Mr. Roberts and Canon Anson are correct with regard to Dick Sheppard's ancestry. I knew him well at Cambridge and also after the war, and once asked him how it......

Christianity And Church

SIR,— Despite the caustic criticism of your semi-anonymous correspon- dent C. S. C. W., I find myself far more in sympathy with the honest " Soldier " correspondent whose letter......

Dangerous Cliches

Sta,—Cant expressions sometimes acquire by mere repetition a degree of authority and acceptance which is incommensurate with whatever truth they may possess. Familiar examples......

Austerity Pc

SIR,—The advocates of more austerity may be interested to know Ora the India Office is still issuing a pre-war list, "Equipment for a Gazetted Civilian Officer proceeding to......

Undeserved Hardship "

Ti SIR,—" Janus " considers the calling up of Dr. Curtis, aged 39, an " un- deserved hardship." He took a•somewhat similar view over the calling up of the Editor of the Evening......

,4 The Boy's Own Paper "

Sta,—We notice a paragraph in the review of Mr. de la Mare's stories in your issue of August 7th which ends: " De la Mare's plots cannot be crammed into a summary ; a boy raids......

Sut,—" Soldier" Has Received A Sharp Rap On His Tin

hat from Merton College, Oxford, and perhaps he deserved it, for " casuals" are a great weakness to the Church. But let him not be discouraged, for the text remains, " He that......

Is Germany Nazi ?

StR,—I have read with great interest the article entitled " Is Germany Nazi? " by Mr. Joseph Grigg, which appeared in your last issue. The author's diagnosis of the state of......