5 OCTOBER 1929, page 20

The Drunkenness Problem.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In my letter of August 10th I spoke of the convictions in Lerwick for drunkenness, as affected by no-licence. I stated that there used to......

Points From Letters Galileo.

To judge the ease of Galileo fairly, it should be said that his condemnation arose chiefly from the very literal inter- pretation of scripture which from time to time has......

Privately Owned Wagons [to The Editor Of The Spectator -...

the issue of September 21st Mr. A. E. Ritchie gave some very interesting but scarcely well-informed reasons for supporting his opinion that the standardization of railway wagons......

The Religious Thought Of The Day.

Extraordinary interest was shown in the " Defence of the Faith series of articles published in the Spectator early this year. Further articles interpreting the religious thought......