24 FEBRUARY 1939, page 23

Home Truths From America " [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR] SIR, — I do not take in The Spectator, but often see it. I was shocked to read the article, " Home Truths from America," and feel it was a very great pity to publish......

The Unemployed [to The Editor Of The Spectator] Sir,—in An

article dealing with unemployment appearing in last week's Spectator it is stated that there are 2,000,000 men unemployed. May I point out that the returns published by the......

The Haunted House [to The Editor Of The Spectator]

SIR,—Mr. E. S. P. Haynes' bedside reading is evidently as amazing as his letter or indeed of his sense of charm in building. Houses have been, and will continue to be, saved by......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator]

SIR,—One of the very few objections to the abolition of the dog is that we should be deprived of the pleasure and edifica- tion of hearing women talk to them.—Your obedient......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator] Sir, — I Think Your...

who would abolish dogs must have lived some time in the East to have acquired his strange views concerning them. There is a legend that our Blessed Lord, once passing a dead......

Cynomania

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sta,—Some people love dogs and some do not. Mr. Vulliamy goes too far in calling mere dog-lovers " cynomaniacs ": we are all of us free to......