6 JANUARY 1923, page 22

Air Travel And An Exhibition.

O F Mr. Riley, in The Mill on the Floss, George Eliot says, " Though he had a general sense of under- standing Latin his comprehension of any particular Latin was not very......

Letters To The Editor.

OBSCURE POETRY. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,—Mrs. Williams Ellis's explanation of my poem, " Promenade Sentimentale," is so entirely admirable, she has understood it......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Have Long Thought That

the section of the Spectator headed " Poetry " should on occasion have the superscription " Verse," though I have not been concerned to say so. But now that Mrs. Williams-Ellis......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sm,—mr. W. H. Ward

dislikes Miss Sitwell's poem because he cannot understand it. Your Poetry Editor, though " very far from completely understanding the poem even after repeated reading," admires......