17 AUGUST 1907, page 16

Reform In Examinations.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I fully agree with your correspondents as to the superiority of oral over written examinations, according to the ideal conception of......

Two Etymologies. -

[TO TUE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Diez on the " Romance Languages," checked and supplemented by my late friend M. Gaston Paris, had long been familiar to me, when,......

Supply Of Food In Wartime.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —At the Colonial Conference Dr. Smartt brought forward an argument worthy of more attention than it received, V., p. 349, of Blue-book......

[to The Editor Of The "epicotator.1

SIR,—The method of examining for scholarships set out by Mr. Brigg in his letter to you last week has been used by the Northamptonshire Education Committee for the last three......

Sir John Fisher.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIB,—Some little time ago you announced your intention of opening your columns to all sides in the discussion of naval matters. Though much......