6 APRIL 1907, page 16

The New Workmen's Compensation Act. [to Tee Editor Or Tee

SPECTATOR " ] Sia,—Agreeing, as I do, with every word of "A Housekeeper for Forty Years " letter in the Spectator of March 30th, and seeing in the new Workmen's Compensation Act......

A Sect.

[To Ts. EDITOR Or THE “Sresuree."] Sin,—When we are in doubt as to the etymology of a word which comes to us through the French language, surely the historical sense, to say......

The Late M. Pobedonostzeff On The Jewish Question.

(To THE EDITOR OP THE “EIPECTTATOR.• J SIII,—The following letter from the late M. Pobedonostzeff in reply to a question asking for his views on the Jewish question may interest......

Christian Optimism.

[To vas Emma OF TOL SPELTATOE.".1 Sia,—The writer of the suggestive article in your last issue on "Christian Optimism" has omitted, no doubt accidentally, our Lord's weightiest......

The Metric System.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE ^sPscrsrca"l Stn,—The following points of high importance were either overlooked or hardly noticed in the recent Parliamentary debate on the metric system......