THE NEGRO PROBLEM IN AMERICA
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Edwin Heath, in his letter in reply to Mr. Julian Huxley, on " The Negro Problem in America," in your issue of January 17th, quotes Dr. G. P. Phenix, Vice-Principal of Hampton College, in Virginia ; Dr. Phenix makes the following statement : " Texas is a very large State. It is larger than all Europe west of the Ural Mountains, and large as it is, it is only part of the South." I understand the area of Texas is 265,896 square miles. The area of France is 213,000 square miles, and Spain 196,700 square miles, to quote only two coun- tries in Europe. One can only hope that Dr. G. P. Phenix's knowledge of other matters is superior to his knowledge of geography.—I am, Sir, &c., J. SEYMOUR MAYNARD. 18 St. James's Square, S.IV. 1.
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