19 JUNE 1947, page 15

Youth In Germany

Sut,—Readers of The Spectator will be aware of conditions in Germany and will know of the terrible feelings of despair that fill the hearts of the young people in that unhappy......

The Bible': A New Translation

SIR, —Surely ,a word of congratulation and of thankfulness should be addressed to the Bishops of Durhafn and Truro flit - their promised .new translation of the Bible. Our......

Suicide And Insanity Sir, —with Reference To Janus's...

practice of bringing in verdicts of " suicide while of unsound mind," I think another reason for this is to be found in the rubric before "The Order for the Burial of the Dead "......

Sir,—i Have Seen In Your Issue Of June 13th, In

A Spectator's Notebook. reference to the verdict on the inquest of Mrs. Mavis Tate that she died while the balance of her mind was disturbed, and the suggestion that she knew......

Taking One's Pleasures Sadly

SIR, — On a recent Sunday evening in the middle of a heat-wave I attended a concert given in a famous theatre not a mile from Charing Cross. A full orchestra and chorus under a......

Faith And Music

SIR, My article on Brahms's German Requiem was not meant as propa- ganda of any kind but as a frank attempt to assess the religious quality of the music and the state of mind......