27 JANUARY 1939, Page 22

WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN "

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—Surely no better answer to Mr. Harold Nicolson's ques- tion can be found than Psalm 15: " Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life and doeth the thing which is right and speaketh the truth from his heart. He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour. . . . He that setteth not by himself, but is lowly in his own eyes, and maketh much of them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth unto his neighbour and disappointeth him not though it were to his own hindrance. He that hath not given his money upon usury nor taken reward against the