26 SEPTEMBER 1931, page 17

Humane Slaughter [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,...

of Liverpool is to be congratulated on the provision and equipment of so fine and up-to-date slaughter houses as those at Stanley, where humaner methods have been adopted.......

An Expensive Meal [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—"

A book published in 1859 " (Spectator, August 29th) is not the same thing, bibliooraphically, as " the little volume published in 1859 " (Spectator, September 19th). I repeat......

Appeals.

• We have received from the Society of Friends particulars of their China Relief Fund. We are pitying ourselves just now, but even at such an inopportune moment the horrors of......

• The Government And The Humane Slaughter Bill [to The

Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Despite what it insists is the urgency of the economic situation, the Government (it is announced) is prepared to find time for the Sunday Cinema......

Community Drama In Scotland

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. John Femald's judgement and enthusiasm are usually so sound that I am- diffident about questioning his theories or correcting his......

Points From Letters

TITHE BARNS. The Tithe Barn, to which I referred in my letter to you of the 12th-inst., which appears in your issue of September 19th, is at Sehrorthy,. not Gahrorthy, in West......

Economy Of Expression [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...

I. M. Parsons makes a true point when he speaks of Mozart and Marvell. in the same breath. All he .instances of the poet could be instanced of the musician. But when he alludes......