28 JANUARY 1944, page 14

Women's Minds

Sut,—From my observations, as a municipal librarian, I think Elizabeth Dunn's readers cannot be representative of women as a whole. Although there may be a slightly greater use......

Dr. William Paton

SIR,—At the wish of Mrs. Mon and by arrangement with the Stud Christian Movement Press, I am assembling material with a view writing Dr. Paton's Life. I should greatly value......

The Colour Bar

SIR,—As a New Zealander I was very interested in Mr. P. A. Rossiter's letter, "A World Lesson," in The Spectator of December 31st. Unfor- tunately, the example selected is not a......

Spilth

Stk,—In regard to " spillage," pilloried last week by " Janus," it is pity that the word spilth is now labelled "archaic." All readers of The Spectator will appreciate the......

George Iv And Charles I

Sta,—In your issue of January 14th, Mr. H. R. Shaw suggests that George IV was at heart "a straighter man than Charles I," and " Janus appears to concur with what I can only......

Compulsory Church Parades

SIR,—Tertullian, in his earlier and milder mood, wrote (Contra Gentiles, Lib. I): "Non est religionis cogere religionem." Considerable acquaintance with- the work of Service......

Youth And The Future

Sus,—It is perhaps typical of youth's interest in politics that an admirable article by an ex-President of the Oxford University Conservative Associa- tion should straightway......

Our Earliest Poetry

SIR,—Your review by W. J. Turner must be of prime interest to those of us who took degrees as late as the opening of this century in English Language and Literature. At......