17 SEPTEMBER 1937, page 21

Pogodin's "aristocrats "

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It was with great interest that I read Mr. Basil Wright's article on Soviet Drama in your last issue, especially the section dealing with......

Chinese Fairy Tales

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,—In your issue of September ioth, our book Chinese Fairy Tales and Folk Tales was reviewed by William Plomer. The whole of the first......

Wild Hare

I HATE to watch them reaping the Five Acre, The field at the hill's foot, steeply sloping. One sees the pattern too clearly, with a God's-eye view : Sees how Time, with soothing......

A Church Breakfast

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Those of us who find The Spectator the only readable weekly must regret that " A Spectator's Notebook " should be in the hands of a......

The Sex Ratio

[To the Editor . of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your comments on the address of Professor Crew to the British Association you quote his conclusion that to be born is a more......

Blind Alley Employment [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sm,—Your appreciative review of Mr. Gollan's book in your issue of Septeinber 3rd suggests that particulars of an experi- ment carried out by Cable and Wireless, Limited, in......

Army Recruiting In America

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The problem of Army recruiting today is a very difficult subject, and the writer has read with much interest the troubles the British are......