18 JULY 1931, page 16

The Ferocity Of Antigone

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The authorities are against taking was as " Passionate." Both the English-Greek dictionaries I have looked into give it for " fierce," not......

Florence Nightingale

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SLR,—In your last issue reference was made both to Florence Nightingale and to Sir Neville Lyttelton. That -is perhaps an excuse for recalling......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—with Reference To The

word cZy.tby in the Antigone (line 471), the meaning seems to be " stubborn," and is so transla:ed by Plumptre. Bayfield has a note giving " hard," " unbending," and " like raw......

The Indian Mutiny In Perspective

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have just had the pleasure of reading Dr. Thompson's review of my book, The Indian Mutiny in Perspective. I -would not for the moment......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sta,—In your issue of July 4th I pointed out that the whole New Testament accepted war as a fact in human life, just as it accepted slavery (Matt. xxiv. 6 ; Luke xiv. 81). It......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—i Do Not Think

the matter is so simple as your corre- spondents would have it. Perhaps I may make this clear by an example. Suppose some foreign country were to make an attack upon us, which......