" The Spectator " and Scotland The special Scottish number
which The Spectator issues once a year is not designed to engulf English readers with .a Caledonian torrent. A number of articles on later pages dealing specifically with matters of Scottish interest have been added to, not substituted for, the paper's regular features. The Scottish articles, moreover, have been arranged with a view to revealing aspects of Scottish life—as in Professor Basil Williams' " Education in Scotland " or Mr. Erie Linklater's " Contemporary Scottish Literature " or Sir James Lithgow's discussion of the industrial outlook—to readers elsewhere, or to assisting them to turn a possible visit to Scotland to profit and pleasure—as in the travel article by Mr. Inglis Ker, the golf article by Mr. Frank Moran and the angling article by Dr. Robertson. Near as Scotland is it is by no means always recognized south of the border how widely the two nations differ in their educational, legal, ecclesiastical and administrative systems, to say nothing of their broader national traditions. Yet Scotland is as well worth studying in these respects as, say, the United States. It is a mistake to neglect too completely what is closest to our doors.
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