18 MAY 1944, page 14

The Contrasts Of America

sw,—It is surely a hard saying of Mr. Angus Watson that only 5 per cent, of the population of the United States is of British origin, i.e., six or seven millions. The American,......

Screeds Of Latin

SIR,—Dr. Johnson was not of opinion that the Scotch were entirely without Latin: "I know not whether it be not peculiar to the Scots to have attained the liberal without the......

The Labour Party's Future

Sitt,—I think there is sound leading for post-war politics in your article " The Labour Party's Future." Party controversy is inevitable and healthy so long as human beings......

B.o.o. And D.a.d.o.s.

SIR, —I read with amazement " R.A.O.C. Officer's" letter in your issue of May 5th. That he should not have been amused is understandable (indeed, neither was I on re-reading it......

Country Life

THE old water-mill—it is mentioned in Domesday—now grinds for its neighbours the rations of balancer meal for which our poultry clamours and on which it lays a satisfactory......