SOLDIERS' READING
Sut,—The following extracts from letters received from , my son, an officer in the Royal Marines, somewhere in the Mediterranean area, may be of interest, and a mild source of gratification to you. Some months ago he asked if I would send him local newspapers, as a set-off to the very indifferent " stuff " available in the North African districts, so each week I have posted out a local paper and The Spectator. Some time ago my son wrote: "Thanks for the papers, especially The Spectator. Although a few weeks old when I get it, it is really refreshing after the tripe ' we get here." In a later letter: "What a joy it is to have The Spectator—which is arriving fairly regularly. After I have finished with it I pass it on to the other officers, who read it from beginning to end, and thoroughly enjoy its well-informed articles."— Yours faithfully, G. F. BENNETT. 3,5 Sandon Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, 17,
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