Georges Four
SIR, —I think it would be a pity if Mr. Gerald Hamilton's version of 'the well-known rhyme' on the four Georges were accepted as correct (page 820, June 21, 1957). Another......
Dame Edith's Ban
SIR,—Your two brilliant correspondents have col- lided on a precedent for Dame Edith Sitwell's limitation of review copies. Now, please, will some- one disclose what critical......
Austrian Mission
SIR,—For someone who is obviously not partial to double-headed eagles, Mr. Barraclough's review of my Austrian Odyssey in your issue of August 2 was quite kindly done. I hope it......
Indian Mutiny Sir,—ii Is Surely Ironical That While...
should be at great pains to stress that the Mutiny of 1857 was in no sense a 'National War of Inde- pendence,' a section of the British press should be trying to raise a scare......
Hong Kong Sir,—mr. George Edinger's Original Article On...
contained a few words of commendation and a good many more of unfair criticism suffused with emotion. His letter in your issue of August 9 con- tains further baseless charges......
Bing's Cross To Euston Stn,—surely The Way From King's Cross
to Euston by train (other than Underground) would be Fins- bury Park/Dalston Junction /South Hampstead—a mere thirteen miles or so in all agdinst the eighty-five miles by the......
Cigarettes And Lung Cancer
SIR,—Pharos seems to suggest (Spectator, August 2) that the evidence of a causal relationship between cigarette smoking and cancer of the lung is distinctly shaky. It is,......
Cavaliers And Eggheads Sir,—i Am Glad You Have Kept A
sense of proportion in your leading article 'Cavaliers and Eggheads,' and have not resorted to the ludicrous as most writers have done in attacking. Lord Altrincham for his un-......
Sut,—mr. Edinger Says He Will 'unreservedly Retract' His...
the Green Howards 'fired on the population' of Hong Kong last October. Then in the next sentence he says they were 'called on only to stand by to keep the ring while others did......
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