BOOKS FOR SPAIN
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR]
Sre,—The Spanish Medical Aid Committee ask me to appeal for books for our English staff of doctors and nurses in Spain, and for the English-speaking patients in the military hospitals. Many of our nurses and doctors are working far from any contact with any other world than the dreadful realities of war. Their need for books to take their minds off it all during their scanty spare time is very great. To our patients in the hospitals who have fought so hard for the ideals of liberty and democracy, books are nearly as necessary as medicines, in taking their minds off their pain and assisting them to a quick recovery.
Definitely we want modern books. There is a demand for thrillers, good modern novels and serious books on modern problems. May I ask your readers to look through their bookshelvea and send us, not only what they can spare, but one or two of their own favourites as well ? Parcels should be sent to the Spanish Medical Aid Committee, 24 New Oxford Street, London, W.C. I. We have to ask you to pay postage to this address, but we will undertake the sending of the con-
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