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[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The Spectator[To the Editor of TIn. SIPCT.TOAr.] Sia,-I note with interest and concern Mr. Orr's Ietter in y'our issue of Jtin-_ n(l, -iving the statistics showing the, increase of...
CO-ORDINATION OF SERVICES; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorLetters to the Editor Ccrrespondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasrnabl.Y, possible. The mos. suitable length is that of one of our - "Nezs of the...
CARE OF CHILDREN; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorCARE OF CHILDREN [To the Editor of Till SPECTATon.] Sin.-L.C.C. School Care Committees provide a diverting political experiment and a fascinating field for personal sturdy....
DISARMAMENT AND DEBTS; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
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[The typical Welsh and Border Welsh cottages are...]
The SpectatorThe typical Welsh and Border Welsh cottagues are amove all unique. Walls three to four feet thick, with wide window-sills corresponding, make one wonder what the builders and...
[Somebody asked me the other day what a moorland was.]
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[The chief moor birds are the grouse and peewit (the green...]
The SpectatorThe chief moor birds are the grouse an(1 peewit (the green p)lover) and two long-billed birds, the curlew and the snipe. The cries of nearly all moor birds are as strange and...
[A prominent north-country architect recently told me with...]
The SpectatorA prominent north-country architect recently told me with tears and execrations that the real cause of it all has been our incompetent Parliamentary Governments. They have...
[One of the finest views of moorland country is to be had...]
The SpectatorOne of the finest views of noorland eountry is to be liad from outside the inn on Tan Hill. This inn, the highest iii England, is more than 1,600 feet above sea-level, against...
[One might almost divide old country cottages into classes...]
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[In a previous paragraph to these Country Life columns I...]
The SpectatorIn a previous paragraph to these Country Life colum I wrote that there was little or no defilement of the streams (It the South Welsh Border country. But a few days afterwards...
[On the Cornish moorlands there is little heather; at any...]
The SpectatorOn. the Cornish moorlands there is little heather; at anive rate it is sparse to a North Countryman's expectations. The prevailing bright colour is not purple, but the yellow...
[THE modern builder is rapidly destroying the naturalness...]
The SpectatorCountry Life Tine modern builder is rapidly destroying the naturalness of the countryside. 'hlie houses and cottages he puts up are convenient and pleasant inside, but showy,...
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MRS. BEETON; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorMRS. BEETON [To the Editor of Tuil SPECTrATon.] Sin,-I am collecting material for a projected. book on 'Mrs Beeton.. I should- le grateful if any of your readers vwho could...
SOCIALISM AND FASCISM; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The Spectator- SOUIAIASM AND) FASCISM ['l'o the (ilt(o} (if T1Xini , S 'ECTAol'-1. SIR,---II colileXiOII W\it h thlie prominenc('e of lFascismii to(lda, it mIav interest you to pulish the...
AN EXPLANATION; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorAN EXPLANATION [To the Editor of Tm.: SPEI-.CTATrOR.] Sin,--As it Iliaht possibly appear from the review in yotr last issue by Mr. I. M. Parsons of Poents 1930-19312 by Joli.a...
[[We sent the above to our reviewer of The New Background...]
The Spectator[I'Vc Sent tile abov to omr reviewevr of TheN \N(e Iackgroutid of Science, to whIio-c ;rticlv tile ab)ove apl)ears to relfr, and rcceivcd from him tllc lincs 1w Dw.- ,. The...
AND THAT, SAID JOHN, IS THAT
The SpectatoraNi) sIAdI's AIl) .jo1iN, is THAt r CoNlE xnow. .;I).,1it tlis Relativity Sp)aee (CUirIatre anl all the rest o' the stuff I'll tell yolo. )til yolo wise, as Yankees sy Any way,...
PLAYING FOR A DRAW; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorPLAYN1 G FOR A 1)DILA I To the EI' toj: (f TJ1. Sri.:c-r.xroit. I Sill,-- The last Ipul-'rapi il At Spetator's Notebook - for an(d P(Tbl)e.-s b)attinlg '(,1 Iffty miuIIItes...
ANGLING IN SCOTLAND; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorANGLING IN SCOTLAND [To the Editor of T1jii. SPIECTATOR.] S;in,--I cannot pretend to know the law on angling so wc!1 as Mr. LIamond, who is the secretary of the Loch Lomond...
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"Twelfth Night." By William Shakespeare. In Regent's Park.
The SpectatorTheatre "Twelfth Night." By William Shakespeare. In Regent's Park. A SEASON of open air play-prodtuctions is a venture that few managers would care to undertake in England....
Moving In
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[Meanwhile the House has made some progress with but...]
The SpectatorMcanwhilc the Ilousc has made some p)rogress with but little change in the Fihlanic Bill. The new clause imposing taxation upon ('o-ol)erative Societies passed its second...
Postal Motor Transport
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Holiday Cruises
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Parliament
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Motoring Offences
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The Means Test
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Building Societies
The SpectatorBuilding Societies The Building Society movement in this country is now receiving the recognition which it so well deserves. Success throughout has attended the International...
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The World in Conference
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[Often, when I visit a theatre, I am perplexed by the...]
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[A year ago one heard very much about Mr. Ramsay...]
The SpectatorAF yraooehad eym buF - Mr aAt year ago one licard vecry muchl about Mfr. Ranisay MlacDonald's activities in the Government and very little al)oit Br. aldwin. Now one hears very...
[SIR ERIC DRUMMOND ceases to be Secretary-...]
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[A reviewer is, traditionally, overworked, but I have...]
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[One's usual experience in looking over a new Honours...]
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[Mr. Lloyd George is an extraordinarily effective...]
The SpectatorMr. Lloyd Gcorge is all cxtraordinarily effvct; writer, as anyoine can see who has been reading his W\ -i memoirs. But I do not think he will ever be spokei o!1 as a " man of...
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ROYAL DUKES By Roger Fulford
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The Life of John Colet. By Sir J. A. R. Marriott.
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Changed Men. By Paul Alverdes. The Station Master. By Oscar Maria Graf. The Young People. By J. D. Beresford. Hostages to Fortune. By Elizabeth Cambridge Family Reunion. By Janet Curren Owen.
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Air Mastery: As It Might Have Been
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STANDARD BANK DIVIDEND.
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A PROSPEROUS CONCERN.
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BOOTS CHEMISTS PROFITS.
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More People at Work
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The Four-Power Pact
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The Religious Orders in Spain
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President Roosevelt and Congress
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Japanese Competition
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Rights of Indian Civil Servants
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MOZART By Marcia Davenport
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THE LUDWIGS OF BAVARIA By Henry Channon
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War Debts
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Die Erneuerung der Universitat
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A History of Early Chinese Painting. By Osvald Siren.
The SpectatorChinese Painting A History of Early Chinese Painting. By Osvald Sirein. (Medici Society. £7 7s.) STRIcrlx\ speaking, it inay be said that the two inassive volumes of Dr....
Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems. By W. B. Yeats.
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"ON READING THE BIBLE"; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The Spectator" ON READING THE BIBLE" [To the Editor of TilE SPECTATOR.] Sin,--It is gratifying to find a correspondent whor is sulffcienltly in touch with the latest results of true science...
SUMMER TIME; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSUMMER TIME [To the Editor of TilnE SPECTATOR.] SIm,-I was greatly surprised that Mr. Herbert Palmer shipI(I belittle the blessings brought to the countryside by " Sutmm(er...
CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorCHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH I To the Editor of TImE SPECTATOR.1 SiR,-Your reviewer in The Spectator of May 26th mah all interesting comparison between the architectural worl: If...
THE RABBIT SCANDAL; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorTHE RABBIT SCANDAL [To thte Editor, of TIlE SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Another rabbit-trapping season will soon be here. and another 5O0,i00,000 are again likely to be tortured ill...
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The Spectator. [To the Editor of Tie SPECTATOR.] SIR,-A good many years' experience with individual stud! t of religion and small Masses has shown me that a m&, English translation is...
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The London Weavers' Company. By Frances Consitt. Vol. I.
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Germany Under the Peace Treaty. By William Harbutt Dawson.
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CALLENDER'S CABLE.
The SpectatorFinancial Notes (Continued from page 850.) CALLENDER'S CABLE. I Quite a satisfactory report has been published by Callender's ('able and Construction Company, the. profit for...
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Days and Ways of a Scottish Angler. By Henry Lamond. Meditations (in an Arm-Chair) of a Middle-aged Angler. By T. E. Pryce-Tannatt. A Humble Fisherman, being Simple, Autobiographic Essays on the Art, Craft and Philosophy of Fishing. By Morley Roberts. Edwardians Go Fishing, or Many Days on Many Waters. By G. Cornwallis-West. The Roving Angler. By Herbert Palmer. Isle, Ben and Loch. By S. Heckstall Smith. In Finnish Waters. By K. Adlard Coles. A Pilgrimage of the Thames. By Donald Maxwell.
The SpectatorAnglers, Yachtsmen and Artist D~ays and Ways of a Scottish Angler. By Henry Launiond. (Philip Allan. 12 . (X1.} Meditations (in an Arm-Chair) of a Middle-aged Angler. By T....
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Theonas. Conversations of a Sage. By Jacques Maritain, translated by F. J. Sheed.
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University Studies: Cambridge, 1933. Edited by Harold Wright.
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An Appeal from India
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[There should be no shirking of any part of the issue...]
The SpectatorThere should be no shirking of aniy part of the issue nibout this question of police-bombiing. It is a sacrifice that is demanded of this country, and a considerable one. Long...
[THERE can be little doubt that Sir John Simon does...]
The SpectatorNews of the Week THERE can be littlc (loub)t. that, Sir Jolhn Simon does not see eve to eve -with the majoritN of the Cabiet, whieh decided to claim at the disarmiament...
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Captains Courageous
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Unfinished Adventure: Selected Reminiscences. By Evelyn Sharp.
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L'lle et l'Europe: La Politique Anglaise (1930-1932).Par Jacques Bardoux. England: Verfall oder Aufstieg? By Adolf Halfeld.
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Ourselves and China
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Indian Reform: A Criticism of the White Paper
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A Letter from Italy Mussolini's Land Reform; [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorCorrespondence A Letter from Italy Mussolini's Land Reform [To the Editor of TaE SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Nowhere in Europe are Paradise and Desert as ne:or to each other as in Italy....
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Abolishing the Slums
The SpectatorAbolishing the Slums By F. YE ATS-IIROWN'. A NSEW report on the slums in the neighbourhood of A Kentish Town* provides a just occasion for comment on the present situation of...
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On Solitude
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