25 DECEMBER 1926, page 17

. Abolition Of The Death Penalty

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I am endeavouring to compile a comprehensive' biblio- graphy of imaginative literature in any hu,plage dealing with capital punishment.......

" Lost London " • [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In an appreciative review of Lost London, in a recent issue of the Spectator, the remark is made : " A little may one wonder that Crowther's artistic eye did......

If For Chimpanzees, When For Children ? [to The Editor

of the SPECTATOR. ] SIR,—In May of 1924, after a•visit to New York, where I saw -infants in glass cubicles opaque to ultra-violet light, I wrote a letter to Nature, asking for a......

Poetry

England, 1926 LORD, love the land that Thou host planned And lit with myriad lights, Let not our futile failings leave The future which our doubts conceive— A length of untold......

International Exchange Of. Children

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,---We desire to make more widely known the- existing opportunities for children or students of either sex to visit a oreign country by way......

• Pride Of Country [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—The concluding sentence in Dean Inge's England reminds me of the Irishman who,- being asked what he would like to be if he were not an Irishman, quickly answered : " Why,......

Life Of Sir Francis Burdett [to The Editor Of The

SPECT A TOR.] SIR, —I am writing from the Family Papers (Burdett Papers and C,outts papers) the Life of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (1770 . to 1844)—the last purely......