17 APRIL 1909, page 15

The State And The Family.

ITo Tu. EDITOR OP TRIO "BPIICTATOR.1 Olnystie says or implies in his letter to you in the last issue that the law is ample for dealing with cases of 'Wretched children such as......

The Relation Of Physical Training To Defensive Power. [to...

EDITOR Olfvs." 81•110TATOR.1 S IR, — Under the above heading Mr. T. C. Horsfall has an alarmist letter on the physical decadence of the youth of this country in your issue of......

"love Your En.eules."

[To TUM EDITOR Or Till "SPIOTATOMM SIR, — Your correspondent who signs him.self " An un-Claristial l Advocate of Fair Play" in last week's issue quotes the ahoy! saying, and......

The Hope Of The World.

(To TRH EDITOR OF TILE " SPECTATOR." Sin,—In the inspiring article on "The Hope of the World" with which your last number was enriched the writer quotes more than once the......

The Irish Land Bill.

(TO THIS EDITOR Or TDB " SPECTATOR." J is mistake to suppose that compulsion has been introduced into the Land Bill simply through bad feeling to the minority. It has, in truth,......

Humour And " Ironie."

[TO TRII EDITOR ON TUB " OPROTLTDR."1 Si,—A saying which Archdeacon Cheetham reported to me is compared by Mr. Burden (Spectator, April 10th) to a similar saying of unknown......