3 JULY 1941, page 16

Slaughter On The Roads

Sm,—Under the heading " Slaughter on the Roads," The Times sum- marises the position as follows: " The figures of fatal casualties on the roads are becoming extremely serious.......

Rationing The Spectator "

Sm,—My letters usually criticise something or somebody! Today I feel strongly inclined to write in support of " Janus's " remarks on the inequality of paper-rationing. However,......

" A Spectator's Notebook " On Page 672 Of Your

issue of June 27th it is stated that paper is allocated not in respect of a particular publication but to a publishing house in respect of all the periodicals it produces. I......

The Trade In Munitions

Stet,—Mr. Angus Watson draws attention to the need for the fullest safeguards " when the war is over " to ensure that " at no future date will this nation be a party to selling......

Snt,—why Not Use Smaller Type?—yours, &c.,

28 Orchard Court; Edgware. G. G. HETHERINGTON. [Because it would very seriously strain the eyesight of many readers. —En., The Spectator.]......

Poets And Critics Sir, —" May His Lord Prosper A Business

where a civil question, even from a poor soul, is so civilly answered," and may He reward Mr. Comfort with many, many editions of his poems. As he has taken such courteous pains......

Sm,—i Am Ashamed That Three Lines Of Mine Should Have

been the text for this controversy. I am never quite clear about differentiations between rhyming prose, verse, " poems " and poems ; to talk of good poetry and bad poetry is......

A Crusade For Youth Sta,—in Your Issue Of June 27th

" A Headmaster " has expressed what is in the minds of many who wistfully and a little anxiously observe the genesis of a new youth movement in this country. In his article "A......