28 MAY 1937, page 19

"what Shadows," Cried Burke • •

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—When in your last issue, on the day of its appearance, I re-read my own letter about the origin of the saying—" What shadows we are, and......

Murder Statistics And Free Will

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Is there any possible way of reconciling the remarkable uniformity of the annual number of murders with the theory of Free Will ? Every......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sut,—Professor Mottram very opportunely points out the need for liaison officers between the professorial chair and the women in the home, but would not the ideal officers be......

Improving Humanity [to The Editor Of The Spectator.'

SIR,—It was a great satisfaction to us to read in your issue of last week the informative article by Professor Crew under the title " Improving Humanity." The points which he......

Changes In Religion

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sta,—I am glad to learn on the authority of Lord Clonmore that King George IV in later life "changed his habits and became a sincerely......

A Crowded Colony

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—My father gave me Mr. Max Salvadori's article in last Friday's Spectator to read. I was born and bred in East Africa, and spent my early......