This week Lord Linlithgow has brought to an end his long and difficult period of office as Viceroy of India, and Lord Wavell has arrived to take up the task. Profoundly...

L IKE Mr. Churchill and President Roosevelt, General Smuts has the capacity and moral authority to present a broad, convincing statement of the course of the war and to show it...

Though Mr. Sumner Welles, since he ceased to be Under- Secretary of State at Washington, can speak what is in his mind without committing anyone but himself, his experience in...

Parliament applauded a declaration by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that be would consider extending the pay-as-you-earn principle of collecting Income Tax to more...

It is the general feeling in most countries in South America that I at this stage of the war to remain neutral is not very remote from [being pro-Nazi. Yet the Argentine...

Dr. Evatt, the Australian Minister for External Affairs, may be sure that in this country at least there will be full agreement with a statement he made last week in the House...

It is good news that over five thousand sick or wounded prisoners of war are now on their way home by way of Gothenburg or Barcelona. Mr. Richard Law told the House of Commons...

Contention is generated in the book publishing trade because established firms have paper allocated to them by quota while the host of new concerns which have arisen during the...

United States and Soviet Russia have come together at Moscow to discuss the unification of their policy during and after the war. None too soon. The lack of any such conference...

T HERE is no man living who can fill the place in English life held for so many years by Sir Michael Sadler. Sadler was English without being insular and original without being...

By STRATEGIUS In remembering the sequence of events it is easy to forget the foundation upon which the success of the Eighth Army was built. The peripatetic battles across...

By REINHOLD NIEBUHR New York. W HATEVER else a durable peace may require, its foundations must certainly be laid upon a strong mutual accord between the dominant Powers among...

By C. V. H. RAO r lo Indians of all sections the appointment of Field-Marshal Lord Wavell as Viceroy and Governor-General of India in succession to Lord Linlithgow came as a...

By T. E. JESSO.P PA DRES who, like the bulk of our people civilian at heart, have joined the Army for the " duration," have often been dis- appointed in their new sphere. The...

By R. C. CHURCHILL N that recent admirable book The English People, D. W. Brogan I refers to the " sin of English fiction " in persuading Americans and foreigners (to adopt the...

By HAROLD NICOLSON A YOUNG man recently, gazing at the book-shelves in my room, asked me to tell him what book had had the greatest influence upon my mind. I found that...

MUSIC Two new works of importance were performed for the first time in public at last week's Boosey and Hawkes concert in the Wigmore Hall—a Divertimento for small orchestra by...

At the Comedy. NOTHING is harder to write than a good comedy, and Mabel and Denis amstanduros, the authors of Acacia Avenue, cannot be said to have succeeded in achieving that...

" Workers' Weekend." Generally released. " Gentleman Jim." At Warners and The Regal.—" Lone White Sail." At the Tatler. My Friend Flicka." At the Tivoli. Millions Like Us,...

SIR. —Mr. John Duff's letter on repertory " production " deserves endorsement. He has been strictly fair in taking into account the many difficulties of time, casting, &c., and...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR S1R, —Mr. Swaby's letter attacks my review of Professor Laski's book, attacks the publishers for their blurb, attacks Professor Laski for his views and...

Sta,—Having read Mr. Fyfe's article in your last issue, entitled "Character and School," I must assert that public schools do provide the machinery for the training of...

But we both read The Spectator, not only because of the high quality displayed in every department, but also because (presumably) we both find that it is true to its name and...

ut,—Two books recently published by American writers demand the close study of British readers. One World, by Wendell Willkie, the possible future President of the United...

Stg,—I am sure that the majority of your readers will welcome Mr. Nod Arkell's protest. The Spectator is not entitled to publish, even in this democratic country, anything...

Sig,—The interest which has been shown in my letter published on September 24th prompts me to ask your permission to join in the dis- cussion again. How unpleasant Mr. Stafford...

r. He did accuse public schools of not recognising that " science as a school subject is as important as arithmetic and history," and I tried by figures taken from a public...

Sta,—When I have nostalgia for a cigarette my immediate objective is a tobacconist's ; and if I am issued with one, I take meticulous care on my way home lest a guerilla should...

Sm,—In reply to Mr. P. J. Welch, his statement that a headmaster of any quality can easily dominate his governors, and hence everyone else, - Is surely one which it would be...

or elsewhere, where farmers and their allied traders forgather and following the usual discussion on the iniquity of E.P.T., the merits of Bersee Wheat or Abed Barley, the value...

Sta,—For many years The Spectator has been sent to me addressed to my old parish of Kincolith, B.C., Canada. Owing to illness I have had to resign my parish and am now retired,...

The poem seems to me the greatest praise for the gallant pilots, and only shame for the mistakes which have landed the world in its horrible state—Faithfully

WE enjoy—or/and grumble at—a wonderful climate. Official spring is not due for another five months or more ; yet it is present at least in the sense that certain spring flower,...

Sm,—It is, I realise, my own fault that my handwriting is unintelligible, but perhaps I might be allowed to explain: (a) I did not write: "Mr. Pearson as his biographer has...

99 Gower Street. By Wilson Harris. (Constable. 8s. - 6d.) THE twenty years between the wars contain, in a bracket, a sharp marked portion of our history. A sort of apocalyptic...

Uneasy Genius THE characters of even the simplest or most ordinary men are mysterious to their intelligent fellows. It is not surprising that a mind as intricate and as...

Love. By Walter de la Mare. (Faber and Faber. 25s.) IT would be as foolish to attempt to review the contents of this book as it would be impossible to read it through...

Russ Military Forces. By Nikolaus Basseches. (Heinemann. 75. 6d) MR. BASSECHES'S book has been translated into English from unspecified language. The preface is dated March,...

One Continent Redeemed. By Guy Ramsey. (Harrap. 8s. 6d.) Tins is the sort of book that journalists ought to write—and seldom do. It is an exciting account of the author's...

Friday's Well. By Temple Lane. (The Talbot Press. 7s. 6d.) The Dance of the Years. By Margery Allingham. (Michael Joseph. los. 6d.) The Magic Water. By Barbara Webster. (Rich...

Crossword No. 239 is odstone, Surrey. NOVEMBER 5th Mr. Eaorssr CARR, Lynton, Taylor's Hill,

guinea wi:l be awarded to the sender of the first correct solution of this week's crossword to be opened after noon on Tuesday week, November 2nd. Envelopes should be received...

By CUSTOS IT is an open secret that for some weeks past discussions have been taking place between the Capital Issues Committee and the Stock Exchange Committee on the vexed...

6d.) " THE country's not unworthy (post-war) role," writes Miss Ponte- fract, " would seem to be to secure that progress still preserves the old traditions for the generations...

scenery in England, Scotland and Wales which are included in this latest Batsford book are al' by Mr. Gardner himself, and it is doubtful whether there exists any similar...