1 AUGUST 1931, page 18

A Charter For Walkers [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—Mr. C. E. M. Joad, in supporting the Access to Moun- tains and Moorlands Bill in your last issue, entirely ignores the economic side of the question. Nobody will deny that......

A Hundred Years Ago It Is Unnecessary To Dwell On

the general stagnation of business occasioned by suspense as to the fate of the Reform Bills. Every one who lives by his industry acknowledges that he feels in his own person a......

Cheap Publications.

These are the days of cheap books ; they are also becoming those of cheap prints. There are several series of Views in England, Paris, &c. published- in quarto size; at one......

Earth

, I HAVE something to say to you, Earth ; Let me lie down, stretching my arms on your breast, And be close and at rest. . As my heart leaps at each green birth of you, So let me......

The Battle Of Britnanburil In Reviewing Mr. Cockburn ' S...

the Battle of Brunan- burh, I said that Anston meant " the one or lonely stone," and I said so on the high authority of the English Place-Name Survey, than which I know no......

It Is To Be Hoped That Sir W. Beach Thomas

will not adopt the practice of his eat (Spectator, July 25th, p. 112) of looking to the left when starting across the road, and to the right when half way over. Only an animal......

Building Societies' Progress [to The Editor Of The...

F. J. Leweock's review of building society progress contained in your last week ' s Banking Supplement points out that the scale of these societies ' operations has more than......

The R.s.p.c.a.

[To the Editor of the SFECrATOR.] Sta,—Mrs. Binstead's letter in your paper is Written under a misapprehension. The R.S .P.C.A. has no existence and no policy apart from its......