4 AUGUST 1923, page 12

Holiday Reading—a Working-man's Selection.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—The lists of holiday books sent in by your correspondents are interesting. I notice that Philip Stevenson selects, amongst others,......

Helping The Ex-prisoner.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Stn,—Not so very long ago I, like the majority of others, T fear, thought of prisoners—if I ever thought of them at all— as outside the pale.......

The Rights Of The Nonconformists.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, — In the Spectator of June 30th a correspondent, calling himself " Rural Dean," states, in reply to Dr. Morgan Gibbon, that he has " never......

General Reflections On A Body Or Class. [to The Editor

of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, — It has been asked, apropos of a recent attack on us (Hebrews), whether the law cannot protect the libelled. The following case (conflated from two......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sin, — I Readily Take The

word of your correspondent, " Rural Dean," that he is personally very kind to Nonconformists, living and dead. I know of many others like him. But these sporadic kindnesses of......

Queer Scots Words.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—English friends who visit Scotland have at times confessed themselves baffled by the pronunciation of certain words in common use. I find......