19 OCTOBER 1901, Page 13

PINCHBECK SILENCE.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR,—In the article on "Pinchbeck Silence" in the Spectator of October 5th the writer. speaks of "the Apostolic -warning that of every idle word a man shall speak he must give account." If he will turn to St. Matthew xii. 36 he will find that the warning referred to is of higher authority than even