27 AUGUST 1927, page 17

Lighting A Wood Fire [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sla,—Those of your readers who are interested in the Cape Cod lighter may be glad to know that it can be procured under the name of Alfeu from R. J. Gibson, Princes Street,......

A Study Of Theatrical Art [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Mr. R. J., in his sympathetic review of Dr. Allardyce Nicoll's new book on raise-en-scene, The Development of the Theatre, refers to Mr. Geoffrey Whitworth's......

The Pronunciation Of Latin L Li 0 The Editor Of

t h e SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Your issue of August 13th has just come to me on its rounds. I note therein a letter on " The Pronunciation of Latin." The following may be of interest to......

Where The British Hotel Is Wanting [to The Editor Of

the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—It is possible that few people have a wider experience of British hotels than I have had, for I travelled some 20,000 miles a year, from John o'Groat's to......

The Navarino Centenary [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...

centenary of the Battle of Navarino will be celebrated on October 20th. After writing for information on the subject to the energetic Mayor of Pylos (the revived ancient name of......

The Last Quartets [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sin,—!

was delighted to read Mr. A. J. Watson's letter (Yun- nanfu, China) in the Spectator of July 16th, in appreciation of the Beethoven later quartets. It has always seemed to me......