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Rural Salvage Sir, —mr. H. E. Bates Seems To...

basis of the criticism of his paragraph on rural salvage. It was not that he set down certain facts, but that he used them to discourage effort. Nobody suggested that his own......

The Future Offensive

your issue of December loth, 5940, Major-General Sir F. Maurice states that I seem to have missed the point of your para- graph in your " Editorial Notes " of September 6th.......

Lord Lothian

SIR,—Your study of Lord Lothian charms by its insight and sympathy, and if I venture to add one touch it is because some friendship with Philip Kerr was one of the many......

The Jules Verne Age

SIR,—May I reply to a number of criticisms of my book on Jules Verne by your reviewer, Mr. Geoffrey Grigson? The review was on the whole intended to be complimentary, but I am......

Farming Policy Sir,—mr. H. E. Bates In His Notes On

" Country Life" in the issue of December 27th does a grave injustice to the common sense, skill and patriotism of the farming community. Writing of the food pro- duction......

After Victory Sra,—the Man Who Built His House On The

sand was an idealist of sorts, but even he must have begun to think that it was time to take some precautions when the rain started pouring through his roof. So the fact that......