10 MAY 1963, page 13

Second-class Shock Sir,—in Her Letter (spectator, April...

expresses furious indignation that in his talk on American TV Mr. Harold Wilson 'should so shamelessly, so gleefully label his country as second- class. . . To me it seems sheer......

Sta, —` Men Of Ability Ought To Run Our Democrn,c51 For Us,

and provided they do it honestly and ele : ciently, it matters not a fig what their private l ive ", may be. ' Thus Constantine FitzGibbon summing 0,1' his argument in '......

Whose Prep Schools?

Siu,—Mr. MeCrum claims that the preparatory schools flourish because they `provide an education for the nine-to-eleven age group incomparably superior to any provided by the......

Island On The Run Sir,—your Editorial 'island On The Run'

(May 3) is most encouraging and reassuring. Due to various suppressive practices employed by the Ceylon Government, a great many people outside Ceylon are unaware not only of......

S‘,111,—maureen O'connor Writes (spectator, May 3): 'yet,...

has to admit that the Prehistory charted by Dr. Leavis.' io uldn't, the given kind of smear being in question, j ustify the confidence with which she lends herself Origins of......

Derivations

SIR,—Evelyn Waugh, as might be expected, offers no evidence for his ex cathedra assertion that 'jejune' means 'empty, feeble, thin.' It is flattering of him to suggest that my......