4 APRIL 1931, page 16

Pit Ponies [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—mr. Philip

Gee suggests that the case of the lad who brutally killed a pit pony with a pick is an isolated instance. There were fifty instances of ill-treatment by drivers in 1929. In 1918......

The Elgin Marbles

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Ste,—Will you grant me the courtesy of " one word more " ? Your editorial note seems to me to beg the question. There is no issue here between......

The Call Of The Church [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I saw the following little poem in a paper many years ago, and kept it, as I thought it good. It was signed by I. Edgar Park : " A SCOTCH BLESSING. If after tho......

" Scottish Place-names " [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—Perhaps you will be gocd enough to allow me sufficient space to state briefly what I feel to be a grievance. I appreciate your reviewer's opinion of my Scottish Place-......

Schoolboys' Clothing [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sm,—In reply to the letter from "M. F. S.," the best nether garment for a schoolboy is, I think, a pair of shorts of light washable material, secured round the waist with......

Peace Through Justice [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...

—Your review of my new book Can War Bc Averted ? is so very kind that I hope you will not think me ungrateful if I ask permission to refer to a term in it which seems to Inc to......