22 NOVEMBER 1946, page 17

Authorship Of An Epigram

Snt,—Dr. Martyn Sanders, in his letter published in last week's The Spectator, wrongly attributes the verse: "How odd—Of God—To choose—The Jews," to Monsignor Ronald Knox. Its......

Canine Intelligence

Sot,—The note on sheepdogs by Sir William Beach Thomas in The Spectator of November 15th recalls the intelligent behaviour of these dogs at sea which might be emulated by some......

River Protection

I see that objections are being raised to one, at any rate, of the new satellite towns by river conservators, who fear for the purity of the waters. They are very likely......

Urban Parasites

Though we are continually being surprised by the plants and creatures seen in London, such as Canadian ragwort and black redstarts and libel- lulae, there are some common things......

In My Garden

It is often asked which flowering bushes are best for a very small garden. I would claim a special place for Berberis Wilsonae, if only for its mass of red berries which—in my......

Country Life

A VERY good observer of objects of natural history spending a day in London stopped for a moment as she came out of Bond Street into Oxford Street. Before her astonished eyes a......

Teaching Religion

SIR, —Many of those who are interested in education will have found food for thought in Mr. A. Victor Murray's article. There is one point, however, which he seems to ignore,......

James Hurnard

SIR, —Mr. Vulliamy will, I am sure, be sorry to have misled your readers. He substitutes apprehensive for appreciative in Hurnard's line: "Which her acute appreciative mind,"......

Sir,—may I Be Allowed To Correct A Slip That Crept

into my article on this subject? It is, of course, the Institute of Christian Education that is concerned with this matter and not the Institute of Education (University......

A Numerical Slip

sm,—I must apologise that owing to a typing error in the draft of my article in your issue of November 15th, the figure giving the appropriation for scientific purposes from the......

The Small Employer

Stx,—As a Liberal with Left-wing sympathies I give my support to many of the things that the present Government do, and propose to do. The very vigorous opposition to all forms......

A Shorter Birth Certificate

Snt,—I refer to the second paragraph of your Notebook in The Spectatcr of November 8th. You may be interested to know that provision exists in Scotland for the issue of an......

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