24 DECEMBER 1943, page 12

Election Possibilities

SIR,—With much of Mr. A. E. Newbould's letter in your issue of December 3rd I quite agree. As one of the younger prospective candi- dates of the Liberal Party •I feel that a......

Renascence Or Renaissance

am very grateful to your reviewer for his account of my book Petrarch and the Renascence. May I say that I did not latinise the latter word? It has always seemed to me......

Cottagers' Light

SIR,—Does Mr. R. T. Vaughan know, when he criticises (The Spectator, December 3rd, p. 53o) Sir Wm. Beach Thomas's statement, " the trouble is not with electricity, but with the......

Children's Magistrates -

SIR,—Your readers must, I feel sure, be grateful for and agree with almost every word of Mr. Watson's knowledgeable article on this subject. But may we ask him to carry the......

Cyprus

SIR,—The Pancypriot Organisation of Religious Orthodox Institutions claims immediate cancelling of the unlawful and illiberal Laws 33,•34 and 35 of 1937 which nullify the......

,4 A Christmas Carol" Stx,—in Mr. W. M. Parker's Interesting

article on Dickens' A Chri,r- mas Carol it was stated that the sales of the book amounted by 1844 to 15o,00o copies. Should not this be I5,000?—I am, Sir, yours, &L , HENRY......

Our Post-war Position

Sut,—In your comments upon " General Smuts' Reflections " on December loth you ignore, no doubt for good reasons, one of the most striking things he said, viz., that, after this......