Lynch Law
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Stn,—I send you the following information concerning lynch- ings for the year 1938. I find, according to the records compiled in the Department......
What Is A Gentleman " ?
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,— Nearly six hundred years ago this same question was raised: Loke who that is most vertuous alway, Privee and apert, and most entendeth ay......
The Abolition Of Flogging
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR,—The new Criminal Justice Bill proposes to abolish not only flogging, but also such things as hard labour and ticket- of-leave. Many people......
Conclusions About The Press [to The Editor Of The Spectator]
SIR,—In a Letter to the Editor in your issue of January 6th, Mr. D. W. Douthwaite produces an excerpt from Who's Who to show that a writer whom he describes as " X. Y. Z. " is a......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator]
Snt,—Mr. Harold Nicolson asks: " What in this island do we really mean by " gentleman' "? Does not Chaucer answer this question admirably in his description of the perfect......
France Faces 1939
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] SIR, Will you allow me to comment briefly on Mr. Gillie's reply to my letter? M. Reynaud might succeed to induce people to repatriate their......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator] Sir,—the Paragraph In The
Spectator of January 6th, on the vexed question of flogging exhibits all the usual bias which appears inseparable from controversial matters. Sir Reginald Coventry's views have......
Reticence In "who's Who" [to The Editor Of The Spectator]
SIR,—It may console Mr. Whitehouse to know that the Editor of The Spectator occupies an inch or so more of Who's Who than the editor of The Times, half an inch more than the......
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