3 JUNE 1938, page 21

[to The Editor Of The Spectator] Sir, — In Your Issue Of

May loth, the writer on motoring appears to have overlooked the fact that the severity of accidents must be largely proportional to the energy of the vehicles involved. The......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator] Sir, — It Would Be Easy

to multiply indefinitely instances where authors have felt themselves to be influenced unconsciously. Indeed I doubt whether any imaginative writer can rely for inspiration on......

Eire And The King

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, — Mr. Saywells' letter concerning the King's situation in respect of the Anglo-Irish Agreement is very informative, but even as he puts it......

" Influenced Books "

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sm, — To the list contributed by Miss Gibbes may be added the names of two Muhammadan poets and two Christian women. A famous Egyptian mystical......

Czechoslovakia

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, —If the Czechoslovak question is, as popularly supposed, an instance of the clash between democratic and authoritarian ideals, I would be......

Road Accidents And Defective Tyres

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, — In the joint interest of motorists and pedestrians the House of Lords Select Committee on Road Accidents might usefully round off its......