15 JULY 1938, page 21

Holidays For The Clergy [to The Editor Of The Spectator]

Sm,—May we be allowed to bring before your readers the work of the London Poor Clergy Holiday Fund ? This fund, which was founded by Archbishop Maclagan, then Vicar of......

Ethical

You who have not sown Will eat the bitter bread And beg the sweetness of a stone Flung at Saint Stephen's head. You who have not sung Will hear the clang of brass When fairies......

A Correction [to The Editor Of The Spectator]

SIR,—With reference to your answer to Current Question 3 in your issue of July 1st, I should like to point out that the Emperor Charles V never ruled Bohemia. That kingdom......

Choice Of School [to The Editor Of The Spectator] Sir,—miss

Addison-Phillips is perhaps quite right in saying in her recent letter in your columns, " The parent who prefers a private school education is especially in need of some......

Song

O wno can tell where flow the seas Or China's passive centuries 9 The heart of fire ? The will of steel ? The fortune squandered on the wheel ? O who can trail the comet's......

Alexander Selkirk

[To the Editor of THE - SPECTATOR] S IRS I am writing a biography of the Fifeshire Scot, Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on Mas a Tierra in the Juan Fernandez Group from......