23 DECEMBER 1966, page 13

Essays After Tea

Sm,—The tone of Mr Patrick Anderson's review of Virginia Woolf's Essays (November 11) appears to be one of regret at her 'failure in scholarship' and neg- lect of 'familiar......

Hospital Breakdown Sir,—to One Living At The End Of The

earth, the SPEC- TATOR is something other than a weekly newspaper. Six weeks or more pass before it arrives. By then, prophecies have been fulfilled or forgotten, gambles lost......

The Empire Of Make-believe Me'riren5 911 Une - E From:...

Lewis, MP, S. W. Routledge, W. McL. Thomson. E. GOnensay, Angus Hone, Barbara Aspeling, Henry Adler, Bernard Donoughue and G. W. Jones, Mrs Franya Godby. Sta.—Your leader......

Germany's Right Sir,—whilst Concurring With Your Findings...

Democratic party (NDP) merely succeeded in garnering the traditional right-wing vote in the recent Land elections, and that its neo-Nazi ten- dencies have been unduly......

Sul,—one Wonders How Professor Bauer In His Reply To...

Streeten and Mr Hill (December 2) manages to extract 'extensive confiscation' from Dr Balogh's advocacy of 'some sort of universal national service for labour-intensive rural......

Dr Balogh And The Third World

Sur,—Messrs Streeten and Hill's latest letter (Decem- ber 16) raises a major issue. Their lighthearted equation of military operations and economic activity is the more......