18 DECEMBER 1926, page 18

Professor Hermann Pagenstecher [to The Editor Of The...

letter in the Spectator of the 4th inst. seems to show that there is some misapprehension as to the identity of Herr Professor Hermann Pagenstecher, now practising in Wiesbaden.......

American English [to The Editor Of The Specrxron.]

Sra,—If Mr. Ervine had lived in America as long as I have he could not have written more accurately of the " debasement " of the English language in this country. I have lived......

Land Reform

[To the Editor of the SrzersTon.] Sm,—Now that Sir Frank Fox is getting into his stride with definite proposals, I crave a little space to put the Liberal point of view. There......

Scotsmen And Currants [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...

see that Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, himself a Scot, has been attacking Scotch oatmeal porridge and saying that better Scotsmen could be produced if we gave up our national......

The Blood Of St. Januarius [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR.] Sin,—There is a balanced account of this " miracle " by Father Thurston in the (Roman) Catholic Encyclopaedia. He admits that the saint, who died about 805 A.D., was......