21 JUNE 1940, page 15

The Spirit Of Man

Sut,—Most people will agree with Mr. Charles Morgan in com- mending the fine and representative nature of the poetry that goes to make up Robert Bridges' book, The Spirit of......

Mr. Fairbanks And "the Spectator"

Stit,—I should like to tell you why I have enjoyed The Spectator so much that I have ordered copies for several of my friends. I had heard of The Spectator for years, but I......

A Danish Legion Sir, —may I As A Dane, Now A

British subject, give my strongest support to the letter by " a young Dane," published on June 14th in The Spectator? All Danes in this country feel deep sorrow, be- cause it......

Country Life

Land and Labour The fixing of the national minimum agricultural wage at Oa. per week, and the reduction of the age of reservation for certain agricultural workers from 21 to 18,......

Wild Strawberries

I feel that no apology is necessary in calling attention once more to the virtues of the wild strawberry. It is the earliest and most epicurean of English wild fruits; its......

Flowers As Food

The war began with a strong campaign that urged us to plough up lawns and grow indiscriminate quantities of vege- tables to the exclusion of flowers. There was no mention of the......

Church Bells

The order prohibiting the ringing of church bells except as a warning of invasion by air-borne troops adds one more item to the long list of strange bell-customs. Bells have......