3 DECEMBER 1937, page 6

The Death Of That Remarkable Old Scholar, The Rev. W.

K. Fleming, should not be noted without a specific reference to the astonishing piece of textual' criticism which has 'ensured a place for him in the history of......

One Supplementary Question, To Which No Answer Was...

the House of Commons on Tuesday raised an issue which the Prime Minister ought to face firmly. " Does not this incident," asked Commander Fletcher, " emphasise the desirability......

Sir Samuel Hoare, I Think, Is As A Rule Hardly

rated at his full value. As a matter of fact, except for one unhappy episode, for which he paid an immediate penalty, he has been a marked success in every major post he has......

A Spectator's Notebook

N O one, I suppose, can be prevented from writing a book about royalty if he (or she) wants to. But it would be all gain and no loss if the royal family could be left in peace......

The Matinee Of The Trojan Women, Which Sybil Thorndike,...

Casson and Margaret Rawlings are giving at the Adelphi Theatre next Tuesday for the funds of the League of Nations Union, has a special, and a twofold, appropriate- ness. In the......

Population And Privacy

T HE debate in the House of Commons this week on the Government's Population Statistics Bill was a remarkable occasion. Members who accept the existence - of the Means Test......