25 JULY 1952, page 5

When Half-gods Go, The Gods Arrive. So Mr. R. W.

Emerson asserted, and I have no reason to dispute the statement. But it is very much more important to know what happens when half-men go. I am greatly disturbed by a statement......

" Babies Of Six Months Are Only Insulted By '

baby-talk.' "- Dr. Margaret Robinson. Undoubtedly. The other day I heard an infant of six months and three days remark, when accosted in that medium: " I should be obliged if......

The Shah And The King

T WO Middle Eastern countries—Persia and Egypt— are today in the early stages of # revolution. Power rests in the hands of the group in the capital which can com- mand the......

The Grotesque Western Orthodox University (the Adjective...

the charitable side) has been rearing its fan- tastic head once more. So at least I conclude, for the familiar W.O.U. handbook was enclosed with a' benevolent letter received......

A Spectator's Notebook

HE Foreign Office is singularly fortunate in having two Ministers so competent to guide its destinies in Mr. Eden's absence as Mr. Selwyn Lloyd and Mr. Anthony Nutting. By his......

Questions Regarding The Translation Of Familiar Passages...

always arouse some interest, particularly in the case of the New Testament, since many more people are versed in Greek than are versed in Hebrew. A Welsh correspondent,......