8 MAY 1942, page 12

" Reconversion" Or Revival" Sir, —as One Of The 90 Per Cent.

of the population who do not belong to any denqrnination of Christians who believe in an anthropomorphic or supernatural or personal Deity, may I be permitted to offer a few......

Kitty O'shea "

SIR, —This correspondence seems to be losing its head. My friend, Mrs. E. M. Delafield, who has evidently not read the whole of it, boldly shifts the scene from Ireland to Hove,......

The Backbone Of Germany

S19,—A plea for the protection of the German bureaucracy after the defeat of the Nazis is so utterly incompatible with the principles for which this war is supposed to be......

Corrected Quotations

SIR, —In your May 1st issue, W. S. Gilbert is quoted, correctly, Sir W. Beach Thomas and incorrectly by Mr. W. J. Turner. Gil was such a great comic poet that he deserves to be......

Chattels Insurance

Sta,—I have just sent another cheque to the Board of Trade as ins premium for "Private Chattels" under the War Damage Act. A friend of mine tells me I am a fool He argues thus:......