18 SEPTEMBER 1953, page 18

Sul, —i Have Read John Hillaby's Letter Of September 11th

criticising the recent meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science with much interest. As an American correspondent who has covered these meetings, I may......

Sir,—paradoxically, Many Of Those Concerned To Vindicate...

of ancient cultures a place in modern education continue to set stumbling-blocks in the way of its defence. The chief aim of a teacher of " Classics," whether ancient Dr modern,......

"colonnade". And Mr. Fraser

Snt,—From our young provincial lecturers we expect accuracy of statement at least, however young they may be, however provincial. Reviewing G. S. Fraser's Modern Writer and His......

A Classical Education

SIR, —May one who, after his last term at school, is exactly half-way between the two principal stages of his directly classical education— and has therefore even smaller......

Literature And Wea Lecturers

SIR, More and more often do we find book reviewers letting drop on incidental insult to adorn a few not very' pointed phrases. An ',sample comes in Mr. Donald Davie's review......