6 JANUARY 1933, page 20

The Shakespeare Head Bronte

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Messrs. Wise and Symington, editors of The Shakespeare Head &anti, disagreed at some length with certain criticisms I made when I had the......

Learning To Spell

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,—I read the Spectator regularly every week, but I really think that as a leader of thought you should learn to spell correctly ! In nearly......

The American Congress Assembled At Washington On The 5th Of

December ; and the session was opened, as usual, by the Message of the President,—always a document of great interest, and peculiarly so at the present moment. . . . The......

The Sufferings Of Animals In India

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—It is difficult for people in this country to realize the sufferings endured daily by domestic animals in the East, and we venture to......

A Hundred Years Ago

DIE " SPECTATOR," JANUARY 5TH, 1833. HONOURS. FROM THE Lorrnos Gsms-rrk, FRIDAY, JANUARY 42a, 1833. Sr. JAMES'S PALACE, Dec. 3, 1832—The King was this day pleased to confer the......

Railway Sinking Fund

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. Crampton, is severe with the railway directors of the past for not having reduced their capital by means of......

Idaho And The Middle West

-[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In one of your " News of the Week" paragraphs, issue of July 30th, you refer to Senator Borah of Idaho as a repre- sentative spokesman......