15 DECEMBER 1900, page 13

Hell Rather Than Annihilation? [to The Editor Op The...

Sm, — I have a paper on " Conditional Immortality " which my father wrote and read some twenty-five years ago at a small clerical meeting, and in which he states that, to him,......

Canon Hugh Pearson And Prince Leopold. [to The Editor Op

THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I give you the true version of the encounter between the late Duke of Albany and Canon Pearson ? During the time of the Prince ' s undergraduate life......

Definitions Of " Religion. "

[re THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIB, —St. James must not be made responsible for the too common misunderstanding of his chap. i. 27. He has in view a rigid ceremonialist......

" Somewhat Improved Continuance. " [to The Editor Of The...

Szn, — I have just had a curious confirmation of Mr. Schiller ' s suggestion (Spectator, November 24th). A lady corre- spondent in Canada, whose letter, posted actually on......

The Callousness Of Children. [to The Editor Op The...

SIR,—Should one not say rather that with children the sense of justice is rigid and ideal? In their code, expediency, extenuating circumstances, and degrees of guilt have no......

What Is "a Collop " ?

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — Your correspondent, " H. L., " and you are, I beg to say, incorrect in •saying in the Spectator of December 8th that in Scotch cookery......

[to The Editor Olr The " Spectator."] Srn,—in Your Article

on "The Prelirp inary Education of Officers " in the Spectator of December 8th Dr. Maguire is quoted as saying that candidates pass into the Army who would be "not eligible by......

To The Editor Of The "speztator"

SIR, — Your correspondent " Scot " (Spectator, December 8th) reminds me of a story of the days of my youth very much on the same lines as his own. The clergyman was holding......

[to The Editor Op The "spectator."] Sir,—an Old Priest (for

whom I had the greatest respect), having spent the greater part of his life in devotion and study, thought it his duty to go and preach to the poor. One of his first sermons was......