1 JULY 1949, page 20

The Stars And Stripes In England

SIR,—The flying of the Stars and Stripes in 1783 in English ports referred to in Mr. Cadbury's letter is mentioned by Sylas Neville, a convinced pro- American, in his diary, to......

Family Life

SIR,--The writer of the article on " The Size of the Family " says that "what is needed above all . . . is the exaltation of family life." How are we to achieve this ? Are we to......

Two Races In South Africa

SIR, — In the Spectator of June 24th, you write, " The split between Afri- kaners and British has been opened wide once more." Impressions gained on a short visit to a strange......

The Munich And Vienna Exhibitions

SIR,—There must be many like myself who, with no expert artistic knowledge, yet find the greatest pleasure in visiting the superb collections now on view at the National and......

Stit,—i Read With Interest In Your Issue Of June 17th

the letter from Mr. Henry J. Cadbury of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It may interest him to know that on visiting St. Martin's Church at Bowness-on-Windermere I found the following......

Europe's Minorities

Sta,—As representatives of three parts of Britain which have distinctive history and traditions we recently attended a congress of ethnical and linguistic minorities, convened......

" The Theatre "

Sin, — Mr. Peter Fleming's reviews of plays in the Spectator have given me such unfailing pleasure that I feel it would be ungrateful to refrain any longer from saying so......