18 MAY 1951, page 18

Sul,—janus Asks: " What Is The Most Entertaining Chapter In

the Bible ? " May I suggest as perhaps bracketed equal with his choice of Proverbs vu the tragi-coatedy of Judges mil and xvm ? (The two chapters are one story.) The casual yet......

Englishman In Exile

SIR.—Mr. Broadbent surely betrays how limited is the circle to which his haunts are confined, when he describes the indifferent standard of its surroundings. He sneers too at......

Devonport Gulls

SIR,—Surely the point of the old tag, quoted (at second hand) by your Parliamentary correspondent this week is that one must " tell it to the Horse Marines "—a body of men......

Is Apartheid Cricket?

Sut.—Mr. E. N. Thomson's letter in your issue of May 4th shows a spirit of rather smug self-righteousness which is bound to wound our guests from the Union of South Africa. It......

Musical London

SIR,-1 was delightedly syrpersed one day recently to find entertaining a theatre queue off St. Martin's Lane, not the usual " buskers " but two young students seeking to help......

Co-educational Schools

have not read Mr. Aubrey de Selincourt's new book, The Schoolmaster, and it is probable that I never shall, for in comm, .n with many others my reading time is severely limited:......

Parish Magazines

SIR. —The letter from the Rev. H. J. Hammerton is so courteous, sd moderate in tone, and I so much appreciate his fair-mindedness in, sending me two copies of his own parish......

Sir,—i Thank You For Printing A Letter In Defence Of

the modern insets for parish magazines but may I suggest that local pages sometimes are not worthy of the insets either in style or originality ? These qualities might easily be......

Sir,—shall I Be Accounted As Unkind If I Express !lily

surprise at Janus's idea of "entertainment "7—Yours truly, W. R. GUEST. The Vicarage, Lankelly Lane, Fowey.......

Darker Americans?

SIR.—I confess - that I can see no signs here of the dark-complexioned future Sir Evelyn Wrench fears for us, but perhaps after a winter as sunless as yours we are not at our......

Chapter Or Entertainment

Sik—Janus's Biblical references are always welcome and interesting. I agree with him that the short story in Proverbs vii is most entertaining. As one reads it, one can't help......