18 JULY 1952, page 16

Bolivar's Career

SIR,—When Corneille, in his decline, wrote successively a bad and a much worse tragedy, Boileau coined an epigram: A pres Agesilas, Hilas ! Mais apres Attila. Hola ! You......

Sir,—in Order To Fully Understand The Significance Of A...

degree one must delve into history. Prior to the Reformation there was no faculty of divinity at any university, and the only person who could grant a degree in divinity was the......

Sir,—apart From Mentioning That I Neither Called The...

" bogus " nor described the Bishops as " illiterate " (which may be the "two mares' nests" referred to), I should like to ask Canon Hodgson to enlighten my ignorance by......

Legalised Lotteries

SIR,—Most people seek to discuss the ethics of gambling on the assumption that they are sure to lose. This is clearly invalid, for if everyone lost no one would gamble. Mr.......

A Policy For Rivers

Sta,—Messrs. Dyson, Bell and Co., in their letter to you commenting on my letter about the pollution of rivers, express surprise that pol- lution should be taking place without......

Letters To The Editor

Doctors of Divinity Snt,—With the greatest diffidence one questions Professor Hodgson's reply to Mr. Hugh Ross Williamson's letter. In that reply there surely is implied that......