16 JULY 1942, page 13

Sta,—the Excellent Letter On This Subject By Mr. Herbert...

in your issue of July roth includes towards the end one sentence that sur- prises me; and which illustrates the sort of differences that separate Christians. He writes: "If the......

Sin,—there Are Two Omissions In Mr. Swinnerton's Decay Of...

Novel. He mentions neither Elizabeth Bowen nor I. Compton Burnett, two writers who have been and are still producing work superior—at its best —to any of the novels of......

- The War And Rubber

Sra,—As one who desires more than anythtng else some sort of working agreement between those ancient and stubborn enemies, Great Britain and the United States of America, may I......

Ut,—your Leading Article "critics In Parliament" And Miss...

article in the same issue together suggest that the pre-war party Ystem is outmoded. During the past year I have been concerned with e "follow up" of the Malvern Conference. I......

The Decay Of The Novel

Sitt,—The modern novel may be ill; it may be suffering from an overdose of Freud and the last week's diagnosis by Frank Swinnerton may be correct. But there is more to it than......

Percentage Of Churchgoers

Sia,—Has not " Janus " in expressing the number of Easter communi- cants in the Church Of England as a percentage of the estimated total population of the country been guilty of......

Politics And The Public

Sia,—As an old Gladstonian Liberal, may I express the great pleasure I have had in reading Miss Jennie Lee's article "Politics and the Public "? I am, it seems, part of a......