26 JANUARY 1929, page 21

The Oxford Manner

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—I should be very much delighted to hear if any of your readers' can lay their fingers upon what ingredients constitute the " Oxford......

Fair Play For Women

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIB,—No one can deny the difference in the size of the field now open to women, compared to that of the middle of the last century, but the......

Young-carrying Birds

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,- ? -Your article " Young-Carrying Birds " (Spectator, December 22nd) interests me very much. I should like to tell you of something I once......

A Plan To Avoid Railway Accidents

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—So many railway disasters seem to have been due to failure to see signals owing to bad weather conditions, especi- ally fog. May I suggest......

The Public Schools And Lawn Tennis [to The Editor Of

the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The attitude of the large . Public Schools toward lawn tennis shows in most instances, from recent replies t o inquiries on the subject, a marked repugnance......

Humane Slaughter

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—I write with reference to a letter in your issue of October 13th by Mr. Paddison, in which he advanceshis opinion that compulsory......