14 JANUARY 1922, page 15

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."] Sir,-with The Grammar

School of Aberdeen deserves to be mentioned a small private school, the " Gymnasium," or " Chanonry House School," in old Aberdeen, familiarly known as the "Gym." It was founded......

[to The Editor Of The 4 ` Spectator."] Have Read The

letters on dew ponds with much interest. The method of making these ponds in Wiltshire is as 'follows. The site is first excavated and the soil taken out thrown up as a 'bank so......

Aberdeen And Education.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, It is with no intention to belittle Mr. Pirie's list of famous Aberdonians that I pan this note, still less to minimize the deduction......

The Abbe De Saint-pierre.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Looking at the course of events, from the constitution of the League of Nations to the Conference at Washington, as tending to ensure......

Dew-ponds.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—How do those who assert that dew-ponds obtain their supply from rain alone account for the fact that •many of them have retained their......

The Teaching Of English.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Through the Spectator might I offer a suggestion to those engaged in the training of youth to speak well, i.e., the employ- ment of the......