31 MARCH 1939, page 24

Journey To A War [to The Editor Of The Spectator]

SIR,—In his review of Tourney to a War, by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, which you published on March 24th, your reviewer, Mr. Evelyn Waugh, asserts " poetry has always......

Flogging And Execution

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—The Criminal Justice Bill seeks to abolish flogging while at the same time retaining the death sentence. I find myself wanting to retain......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator]

SIR,— Hats off to Evelyn Waugh For calling Mr. Auden " a public bore "I A little bit more Of that sort of thing And maybe those poetical Will get less metaphysical And tediously......

Mr. Fleming Bites The Hand That Patted Him On The

HEAD [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, I am very sorry to have offended the generous American lady who is the donor of the " Prix Mrs. Will Gordon " by my article, " What I......

Maria Aegyptiaca

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Mr. Bonamy Dobree in his review of R. W. Chambers' latest book causes some hagiographical confusion. The saint he has in mind, when in......