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Gordonstoun

would be interested to know upon what evidence Mr. Endymion Wilkinson bases his asser- tion that Gordonstoun ' step by step breaks a boy ' s ties with the outside world —......

Hispanic Studies

The Mexican Ambas■ador, Proj. F. Pierce Dickens and the Critics Dr. F. R. Leavis Pist ol - Packing Nicolas Walter Black Boomerang C. E. Stevens Gor donstoun Mrs. Clifford Curzon......

Have Read With Much Interest The Article 'christopher...

Dead ' in last week ' s Spectator, in which the case is argued for the de- L elo Pment. of Latin American studies in this country. M. Cohen is well known to academic circles and......

Dickens And The Critics

SIR,—Mr. Peter Fison opens a review in your last week ' s issue by telling your readers that 'Dr Leavis, of course, doesn ' t like Dickens. ' What information Mr. Fison is......

Black Boomerang

SIR,—While members of Delmer ' s team will be grateful to your reviewer (December 14, 1962), one of them would like to get the record straight, as no copies are extant of what......

Pistol-packing

SIR,—In his eagerness to prove my 'eagerness to equate democratic and Communist societies, ' David Rees forgot to read my letter. I equated 'democratic ' and Communist (and......