4 JUNE 1932, page 18

A History Of Shakespearian Criticism

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In reviewing my History of Shakespearian Criticism on May 21st, Mr. George Rylands makes the point that criticism is literature suggested......

Points From Letters

IMPROVED TENEMENTS Would any reader of the Spectator who can spare surplus seedlings of hardy annuals be kindly willing to send a few by post to Miss Alexander, Aubrey House,......

America And The Debts [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

" America, although she does not boast Of all the gold and silver from this coast, Lent to her sister EUROPE'S need, or pride, (For that's repaid her, with much gain beside In......

To The Editor Of The Smieraron.1 Sin, The Article In

the Spectator of May 28th on " Rags " has spurred my memory. The writer tells the story of the Zanzibar Sultan's visit. I was not taking part in that per- formance, but was told......

"japanese English " [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...

reviewer of Western Influences in Modern Japan, by Dr. Nitobe and others, in the Spectator, April 16th, says : " The book, in its quaint Japanese English, is a first-class......

Topographical Inexactitudes [to The Editor Of The...

Sin,—" Barcelona's " charge of topographical inexactitude has been made, with, to quote his own expression, a care- lessness which is inexcusable. My article was entitled "......