The Oldest Solver ?
Sta,—Last week's issue of The Spectator announces that the winner of Crossword No. 463 was Canon Houghton of Farndon. It will interest you and your readers to know that Canon......
Two William Harveys
Sat,-:-Through a misunderstanding into which there is no need to enter, there was a slight derangement of Harveys in my review of Mr. J. A. Venn's Alumni Cantabrigienses in'......
Nails And Nails
SIR,—Were you intending to praise Mr. Wilson when you wrote that "he hit the biggest nail on the head " ? Hitting the nail on the head. surely denotes skill and precision. The......
Right Or Wrongly
Sta,—I am glad Janus has struck hard—and right (the best clocks also strike right)—for using as adverbs words which are normally described as adjectives. This, I venture to......
Who Pays?
Sm,—It is fair that Janus should draw attention to the misleading leaflet issued by the Labour Party on the subject of food prices. It is surely unfair, however, to suggest that......
Black Market In Rome Snt,—mr, Geoffrey Godwin's Disgust...
black market in Rome is to be understood, and he rightly points out that it has become an almost essential part of the Roman life, where the official ration scale is entirely......
Squaring The Circular
SIR,—Not five minutes' walk from my home is a house which, some three months ago, had been empty for the previous twelve months. Is not this a crime . just as great as that......
William Lecky
Sta,—The Editor of The Spectator, in his article on university M.P.s, speaks of W. E. H. Lecky, the historian, as a professor of Trinity College, Dublin. He is sometimes......
Who Is Responsible ?
Sta,—" Graduate (Ex-Lieutenant-Colonel) " need not be repentant con- cerning his active support of the League of Nations Union Peace Ballot before the war. This indicated by a......
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