14 JANUARY 1944, page 14

War Criminals •

Sm,—In approving the Lord Chancellor's view that Hitler, Himmler and Co. should be declar5d outlaws and deprived of any protection of the law, " Janus " points out that, so far......

" Le Mot Juste "

S nt,—Probably others besides myself deplore the expression " Ham- burging " as used by the B.B.C. and the Press to describe concentrated bombing of German cities. It is bad......

Leisure In Schools Stn,—a Recent Letter In The Spectator,...

3irst, quotes the experience of two girls in two schools who find no time for reading. This calls attention to a grave defect in most schools, •boys' as well as girls'. Few......

On George Iv Snt,—why Need " Janus " Pick On

George IV as his most awful example of what the monarchy ought not so be? There is a point beyond which denigration becomes almost flattering, though that was not " Janus's "......

The Real . Austria

Sta,—In your number of January 7th, 1944, Phyllis Bottome in her opening sentence says, " The chief point about an Austrian is that he is not, never has been, and never will be,......

Cyprus

Sin,—The other day I came across a Cypriot soldier serving in the Pioneer Corps. His people are immigrants from Greece. I asked him if the Cypriots wanted to be united with......

Country Life

Wraux the week two pretty examples have been given me of the increase of the goldfinch, most taiga - ging species of his family. A small " charm " descends daily on a small......