21 MAY 1937, page 20

The Birkett Committee [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...

Government have taken a wise and necessary step in setting up the Departmental Committee under the distin- guished chairmanship of Mr. Norman Birkett, K.C., " to enquire into......

The " Vile " Cinghalese

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sit,—It used to be said that the change of Ceylon to Java was forced upon the author because the British Public refused to recognise Ceylon as......

" None So Fast As Stroke " [to The Editor

of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—" Ouida " is easy to make fun of. She was eccentric and almost morbidly romantic, and occasionally wrote about things of which she knew nothing, e.g., "......

Everyday Life In Germany

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—AS one who had the pleasure last autumn of a tour through Westphalia—industrially speaking the Lancashire and Yorkshire of Germany—I read......

" Grey Steel "

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sut,—I write to thank you for the long and prominent review you gave to my Grey Steel in your edition of May 7th. Would you allow me to reply......

The Pool Of Bethesda

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Your correspondent, Mr. J. Roberson Day, speaks of the reference to the pool of Siloam as being a misquotation, St. John, Chapter v,......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—undoubtedly ....

the words " all rowed fast but none so fast as stroke." This is a wicked invention by Andrew Lang But in Under Two Flags . she did write about " the Seraph," the languid but......