Sweet Williams
SIR,—In his article on Ripley's New Believe It or Not, in your issue of October 12th, Mr. Harold Nicolson mentions the statement made in the book that the sweet william got its......
Standards Of Persecution
SIR, — I am not sure whether Miss Macaulay is attributing to me the view that our age is more cruel than past ages. I did not say or imply this. I understood her to be comparing......
What Way For Youth ?
Sirt,—None of your articles on the abo‘e whject -has mentioned the short-term school. Yet this is a most imporkant adjunct to the existing youth services, and an equally,......
General Anders
SIR, — Janus gives the figure of damages awarded to General Anders in his libel action against the Daily Worker as £1,500. It should have......
Disappearing Clergy
SIR.—" A Country Rector " is quite correct when he says that the beliefs behind my letter are not orthodox Christianity ; indeed my argument was based on the premise that......
Sir, — The Spectator Of October 12th Has Just Reached...
there is a serious error in my letter as printed. The Piccolo Casa Della Divina Providenza was founded by Cottolenzo in 1828, not 1928. That is what makes its survival and......
Camomile
SIR, — It was surprising that Mr. Harold Nicolson, writing in the Spectator of October 12th, should not remember that the words about the rapid growth of the camomile are not......
Sm,—william Fowler (my Great-great-grandfather) Was Born...
in 1804 in his 108th year. Thus this one life-span takes in three cen- turies and covers a period of over 107 years. He migrated from Yorkshire to the Midlands, and his tomb,......
Sign Of The Times
Sta,—The winning entry in your competition last week was a supposed extract from The Times that contained a grammatical mistake—" to whomsoever may suffer." I shall be......
" Women Of Twilight"
Sm,—Your critic of the play Women of Twilight, which deals with the unmarried mother and her child, states that he " is left wondering just what does happen to such girls, who......
Time-spans
Sta,—I have a friend still living in the Isle of Wight whose father, William Price, was buried on November 19th, 1860, aged 77 years, in the Kingston Cemetery, Portsmouth. This......
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