30 MAY 1925, page 17

The Growth Of Musical Taste

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—There is a great deal of talk just now about jazz and its influence, but nobody seems to have called attention to the fact that since the......

Holiday Bureau For The Poor Middle Class [to The Editor

of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Dr. Courtenay-Dunn's letter in your last issue certainly deserves consideration. Whether there is at present any such Bureau I do not know ; but our......

Iodine And Health

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I interpose a word or two of caution ? Although there is considerable evidence that iodine can act as a pre- ventive of goitre,......

Myths And Fossils [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—i

have read with interest the epitaphs on the Ape-man whose fossilized skull was recently discovered at Taungs. In a recent work Professor Keith gives us the following estimates......

The Mind Of Apes [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—I have just read the review in your issue of April 4th of Professor Kiihler's book on The Mentality of Apes. I must confess that I have made no special study of this......

Poetry

TIME-PIECE CAUGHT, caught is the wild cuckoo That sang among the flowers ; They have prisaned him in a dark prison To count them the hours. Between the dawn and the dim evening......

A Dog Story [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sm,—Here is another dog story which has the merit of being absolutely true. My brother in Ceylon had a small black and tan Dachshund given him about seventeen years ago by my......