23 JULY 1932, page 16

A Hundred Years Ago

THE "SPECTATOR," JULY 21sT, 1832. MAIL CoNvEvArierNo.—The following paragraph is going the rounds of the newspapers : "Mr. Babbage, in his admirable work on the Economy of......

Diet And Age

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—As a fruitarian of thirty-seven years' standing, may I add my testimony to Mr. Spring-Rice's fine experience with a fruitarian diet ? I......

Sterilization

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Dr. Sym's letter on sterilization—which is, I take it, a commentary on my article on the same subject—contains so many arguments that it......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sin,—Like Professor W. G. Sym I have been criticizing, but on different lines, the sterilization proposals of the eugenists. One of my fears is that, by implication, they would......

Zero Hour

Now it is time to strike a new pass to the sun, be perilous, a hawk, to fear no one. That shrapnel shell the Spring explodes its mass of flowers, while birds, winged raiders,......