4 JANUARY 1957, page 31

Herod Sir; I Have Read With Interest Bishop .wand's Re-

view of Stewart Perowne's Hero./ the Great in your issue of December 21; but think he may at one point at least have confused Herod who slaughtered the Innocents (reigned 37 tic......

Cyprus

SIR,—In your last issue you refer to the demand of .four-fifths of_ the population of Cyprus for union with Greece, and you assume that demand will con- tinue. Could you devote......

Conscience And Constituents

SIR.—In my recent letter to your journal I attributed opinions to Mr. Nigel Nicolson. MI', which he does not in fact hold. As he is himself engaged in battle with his local......

A Name For Southern Ireland Sir,—the. Irish Friends, Of...

are surely un- reasonable. 'The Republic of Ireland' is too much of a mouthful, too long for headlines and itself misleading, since the republic does not in fact include all......

The Private Newkan

SIR,—Is not Mr. Hollis a - little hard on the Evangelical Newman? St. Teresa and St. Francis of Assisi speak in the strongest 'terms of their sinfulness, but would he accuse......

Stn,—i Think That Mr. Inglis Is Mistaken In Referring To

a crisis in Medicine., for any crisis therd is, is developing in the Auxiliary Medical Services, which are struggling for increased status, and are attempting to make themselves......

Problem Peqple

SIR,—Lord Pakenham; in his recent review of The Story of Ireland. draws attention to the fact that 'per head of the population there are roughly three times as 'many people in......

Tie 'pectator January 7, - 1832 Hidden Talents.--a...

son to Rowland Hill, las/letter, as a youth of great promise, and as likely to do honour to the university of which he was a member. 'But he is slq.' added the father, 'and......

Rats And Poison Stit,--the Suffering Involved In The...

rats and mice is as considerable as in more controversial forms of pest control; hence it is worth surmounting our aversion to vermin sufficiently to discriminate between more......

Comprehensive Education Sir,--the Headmaster Of...

December 29. says that incentives which cause the pupil to apply himself to the disagreeable for an evidein gain, such as a State scholarship,' di) not operate in the years......