5 SEPTEMBER 1947, page 17

Sir,—i Support Mr. Brocklesby Davis As To The Meaning Of

the word Pakistan. I was Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court from 1934 to 1946. Among the judges of that Court there were and still are men of great learning. When I wished......

The Village Church"

SIR, —The Master of the Temple's pen picture of the village church must have awakened old and tender memories among those of your readers who were born and bred in an English......

Pakistan

StR,—Mr. Brocklesby Davis suggests that the readers of The Spectator should not "take seriously" my "acrostic derivation of the word, which, incidentally, leaves out all......

Syria And Transjordan "

StR,—My attention has been somewhat belatedly drawn by readers in Palestine to an article by Robin Maugham, which appeared in your issue of 9th May, 1947, entitled Syria and......

The Anglo-indians' Case

Snt,—Mr. Empson may well be one of those who created and perpetuate the hierarchical tenet that an Anglo-Indian is, and must remain, "a subordinate," and vice versa. Of those I......

Sitt,—in The Spectator Of August 22nd In The Review Of

A ffectionatgly Yours, Fanny, by Mr. Gibbs, some inaccuracies are noted in this book. I should like to correct a mis-statement also. Fanny Kemble's grandfather was not a......

Affectionately Yours, Fanny"

SIR,—With reference to Mr. Gibbs's letter, in which he protests against " misrepresentations " in my review of his book, I have to point out that he is curiously and......

Slit,—the Article By The Master Of The Temple Prompts Me

to write to you. Recently I had the opportunity of entertaining the pastor of a big Lutheran church, situated in one of the great industrial cities of America, and his wife.......