31 JANUARY 1936, page 20

The British Throne

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Stu,—In your issue of January 24th " Janus," in " A Spectator's Notebook," takes the Poet Laureate to task for speaking about " England "......

The British Birth-rate

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—You say that if the very low birth-rate persists " the youth of the decades after next will be burdened with a pensionable age-group out......

" Revolution " ?

[To the Editor of Tun SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Janus, surely somewhat ingenuously, enquires last week, `, 1 What did Mr. Masefield mean . . . by . . And when the War was ended, when the......

The Silent Man

TEN years agone, a winter's night, My husband shut his mouth for spite, Never gave me half a word Nor half a sign to show he heard. Went his sulky, mumping way Till a week ago......

Sir,—you Are Not Quite Correct In Saying That Edward Viii

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] is the first king since Charles II to succeed to the throne without a consort. George III was not married until eleven months after his......

King Edward Viii

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The columns of The Spectator usually provide its sub- scribers with such good and informing reading that your article, " The King we......

" World Without Faith "

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] , Sza,—As it has taken Mr. Verschoyle three months to come to the business of reviewing my book, World Without Faith, I should have imagined......