23 AUGUST 1930, page 20

Points From Letters British Hotels.

From a wide experience I should say that there is hardly a word of truth in your correspondent's (Mr. Charles W. Stokes) article in the Spectator of the 2nd inst. The much......

A Hundred Years Ago

THE " SPECTATOR," AUGUST 21sT, 1830. ROYAL Gossip. His Majesty, on visiting the gardens at Hampton Court, was received by the head gardener, who alighted from his carriage. "......

The Wind And The Corn

The wind across the standing corn, Upon an August day :- When you were green, that now are ripe, I kissed the Maid of May. She had hawthorn petal shells On her cap and gown ;......

French Native Policy In Algeria

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In thanking your " Correspondent in Algiers " for his generous mention of my book, France in Tunis and Algeria, may I refer to a remark......

The Need For Aerodromes

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,— At a time when the romantic side of flying is very much in the foreground, I suggest that a fitting corollary—perhaps not appealing so......