15 MAY 1926, page 10

John Peel [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—i Haven't

the faintest idea why John Peel wore a white beaver hat or indeed if he really did so nor (dare I say it ?) do I greatly care. In my notice of the book under question I merely......

The Nature Of The British Debt To America [to The

Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your remarks on my letter which you published recently under the heading " The Nature of the British Debt to America," you say : " The......

Art

THE ROYAL ACADEMY In any discussion upon Art, there arises, sooner or later, an allusion to the relation of art to life. There is no doubt that in some way art is related to the......

The Theatre

(" The Government Inspector " by Nicholas Gogol, Barnes Theatre.) WE go to Barnes, in these days, in order to find ourselves in Moscow. But there is not an indefinite supply of......

Poetry

FROM OUT THE MIRK England, England, Call us forth From out the mirk of Word and Gain ; Reaffirm Thy Native Worth, Make again Thy Purpose plain. That has been Thy Will ere now,......