18 AUGUST 1950, page 18

Quaker Scholarship

Sia.—The paragraph in A Spectator's Notebook on the serious and sober work done by Quakers in banking and in brewing is as interesting as it is instructive. May I add a rider,......

Gambit

SIR,—In the game of chess it is the threat move that forces the opponent's hand. The policy of the Communist bloc is to bring increasing pressure upon our vital squares and thus......

“contemporary Jewry

SIR, The Spectator has so long enjoyed a reputation for the fairness of its reviews that 1 was astonished to find that your reviewer's notice of my book, Contemporary Jewry, was......

"vie 6pectator," Zugust 17tb, 1850

WORK DONE THIS YEAR IN PARLIAMENT OPPORTUNITY is the opprobrium of Incapacity; a fact which may explain why Ministers have gone through the easiest session with manifest......

The Mood Of The Hour Si R,— Mar G Inal Comment Of August 4

calls for a brief marginal comment of its own from across the Atlantic—if only to tell Mr. Nicolson that, in spite of all that he may say about- the present mood in Britain, his......

Examination Age-limits

SIR.—May I point out that " thirteen " in my letter of August 4th is a textual corruption due to oral transmission? It should be " certain" That should set Mr. Levens's mind at......

Children In The Home

SIR,—I was very much interested in a paragraph in your issue of August 4th, " Treatment of Children in the Home," and the difficulties connected with their supervision. As an......