24 AUGUST 1929, page 19

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sta,—in Your Last Issue,

dated August 17th, you permitted an anonymous correspondent to draw me into a controversy which was not of my seeking, by inviting me by name to" explain away the latest Fascist......

Is Nature Cruel?

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Among letters from correspondents in the Spectator I have noticed recently two or three under the heading "Is Nature Cruel ? " the writers......

Hinduism And Child Marriage [to The Editor Of The...

SIR, —Your correspondent (Another: Seeker) has conveniently attributed statements to me which I did not make and has then proceeded to upbraid and castigate me for my ignorance......

Surplus Plants

" SPECTATOR " READERS' RESPONSE [In our issue of July 20th, a correspondent, Mr. G. Bell, of Shilton, Oxford, suggested that many people would be glad to receive the plants......

Points From Letters

A HISTORICAL REFERENCE. On page 487 of Emil Ludwig's Life of Napoleon, the following sentence occurs in the account of the banishment to Elba, 1814-15, and Countess Walewski's......