16 MAY 1925, page 17

The Place Of Dogma [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—Christ's question : " What think ye of Christ ? " may be said to lay the foundation of all dogma, just as all ritual may be seen cradled in (say) such an observance as......

A Pinch Of Curry Powder [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR.] SIR, In your issue of May 2nd you publish a very valuable letter of Sir Robert Peel to Lord Francis Egerton, dated December 11th; 1845. In your comment you ask if......

Cutting Off The Queen's Toe : A Memory Of The

" COAST " [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The principal queen at a certain place on the " Coast '0 —a dusky lady—had a very bad poisoned toe, and the doctor decided that......

Jenny Lind [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sm,—I see in this week's Spectator a letter headed " Some Famous Singers," in which an allusion is made to Jenny Lind and her American concert tour. Some half century ago I had......

Mr. Samuel Insull, Philanthropist [to The Editor Of The...

SIR,—At the dinner given by Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., at the House of Commons, on March 2Ith to Mr. Samuel Insull, the multi-millionaire of Chicago, eulogistic references were......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—on Page 712 Of

your issue of May 2nd you make a reference to curry powder and the Duke of Norfolk. On p. 80 of G. W. E. Russell's Life of Gladstone (Sampson Low, 1892) comes the following : "......

Our Prison System

.[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The recent article by Mr. Malcolm Macnaughtan and the letter from Dr. Hunt, in addition to their general interest, are particularly......