14 DECEMBER 1929, page 12

L'osteria Volante

F EW English writers have had a greater success with the Italian public than Chesterton. On every railway bookstall, at every library even in the smaller towns, his works are......

Correspondence

A LETTER FROM MELBOURNE. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Australia has once again emerged from a General Election, the second within twelve months. The nominal issue......

A Hundred Years Ago

THE " SPECTATOR," DECEMBER 12th, 1829. PENANCE. To-morrow the ancient punishment of doing penance will be revived in the new Church of St. George, Camberwell, in obedience to......