22 JANUARY 1916, page 11

[to The Editor Of The " Spbctatolt."1

Srs,--Your correspondent " Plain Speech " exhorts the clergy to preach the best of all sermons : " the declaration that they themselves will abstain from alcohol while the war......

Self-sacrifice And Drink

[To THE EDITOR OF THE n SPECTATOR:1 Sin, Permit me, as an American who has no hyphen but rejoices in English ancestry, appreciates the kindly hospitality of England, and thanks......

Letters To The Editor.

"DOWN GLASSES ! " [To me EDITOR or SHE " sesames."' Sm,—Every lover of his country must warmly thank you for your strenuous advocacy of " Down Glasses during the War." If the......

I Nnumerable Tributes Have Been Paid In The Publio Press...

the last few days to the late Lord Burnham. Most of these have naturally come from those who knew him mainly as a public man—the head of a great newspaper, the veteran chief of......