28 MAY 1921, page 12

Democracy And Civilization.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sza,—In your issue of December 25th last you printed a letter of mine concerning disarmament and its necessity to save civilization. Have not......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."] Sut,—the Following,...

message of triumph and comfort to the living, is the last quotation" in Dr. 'Bridges' "The Spirit of Man," and gives all that is wanted in a War Memorial Inscription :— "Holy is......

Inscription For A War Memorial. [to The Editor Of The

" SPECTATOR.") Siit,—At the unveiling and dedication of a churchyard cross in pious memory of the men of Fylingdales who gave their lives in the war A.D. 1914-1918, which......

(to The Editor Or The "spectator."] Sut,—on The War Memorial

Cross at Upton, Chester, standing at a corner of cross roads on the approach to the village, is the inscription:— " Their memory hallowed in the land they loved." Also, on the......

(to The Editor Of The " Spectator.")

Sra,—Your correspondent " Loyalist" seems to think that it will quite answer the purpose of, and, indeed, be an improve- ment on, the proposed League of Good Citizens if a......

• [to The Editor Of The "spectator."] Sut,—permit Me To

suggest the following line from a sonnet on Scott's Death, by Sir E. Brydge (quoted by Lockhart) :— " The glory dies not, and the grief is past." Annan, Dumfriesshire.......

. The Dangers Of Coal-mining.

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATCIB.") S/R,—In the discussion excited by the coal strike, great play is often made by the suggestion that mining is an occupation so exceptionally......

Who Are The Miners, And Why Should They Be A

PRIVILEGED CLASS? [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sut,—Your article is admirable. We who live in a mining district are tired of the half-heroic, half-pathetic figure that is......