9 FEBRUARY 1940

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Marie Corelli. The Life and Death of a Best-Seller. By George Bullock.

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Marie Corelli Nharie Corelli. The Life and Death of a Best-Seller. By George Bullock. (Constable. I2S.) .MARIE CORELLI was a woman of deplorable talent who imagined that she...

An Inquiry Into Physiocracy. By M. Beer.

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Forerunners of Liberalism An Inquiry Into Physiocracy. By Al. Beer. (Allen and Unwin. 6s.) DR. BEER'S most recent investigation into the development of economic theory is a...

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The Distribution of Population

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[he Distribution of Population The recently issued report of the Royal Commission on the Distribution of the Industrial Population was actually completed just before the war,...

The Age of Recruitment

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The Age of Recruitment Some time ago The Spectator pointed out that the present method of recruitment, if not modified, would tend to the creation of an army " consisting too...

Mr. Stanley on Peace Conditions

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Mr. Stanley on Peace Conditions Nr. Oliver Stanley's first public speech since his elevation to the Secretaryship for War and the War Cabinet, delivered at Ncvcastle last...

Unemployment Persists

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Unemployment Persists There is normally a big rise in the unemployment figures in January, which is attributable to the cessation of Christma., activities. But the register...

The Agricultural Front

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The Agricultural Front Lr. Lloyd George did good service last Thursday in cornpoling the House of Commons to lift the debate on agriculture from a routine discussion of...

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[Such were the convictions and determinations which...]

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Such were the convictions and determinations which I inspired the greater number of Members in that most significant Debate. It was painful for them to observe that the Front...

[Superficially it was caused by the fussiness of the Govern-...]

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Superficially it was caused by the fussiness of the Govern- ment Whips. Members were offended because their true motives were misinterpreted. They had assembled for a Council...

[The Members of the House of Commons are realistic men...]

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The Members of the House of Commons are realistic men I and women. They know that we are approaching what may prove the first decisive stage in the Second German War. They know...

[It may be difficult, as Sir Archibald Sinclair suggested, to...]

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It may be difficult, as Sir Archibald Sinclair suggested, to I hear in Downing Street, or even in Whitehall, " the throb and rhythm of a powerful driving machine." It is easy....

[There are many factors, on each side, which must be...]

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There are many factors, on each side, which must be discounted. The Government are burdened with pressing responsibilities, constrained to irksome reticence, and limited by the...

[THE debate in the House of Commons last week on the...]

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PEOPLE AND THINGS By HAROLD NICOLSON THE debate in the House of Commons last week on the intensification of our economic effort has left behind it feelings ot discomfort. A...

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THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION-I

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THE CRISIS IN EDUCATION-I By SIR CYRIL NORWOOD* W HILE the eyes of all are of necessity fixed upon the war, and the country prepares to make the sacrifices and to develop the...

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THE NECESSITIES OF EDUCATION

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THE NECESSITIES OF EDUCATION IT was one of the strange and unforeseen consequences of the war that almost from the start it thrust into the foreground a problem that might have...

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[I do not seem to command complete approval in Hungary.]

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I do not seem to command complete approval in Hungary. Part of a page of The Spectator of December 22nd, i939, the page which bears my signature at its foot, has been sent back...

[A final word on R.A.F. "disturbance allowances," this...]

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A final word on R.A.F. "disturbance allowances," this time on official authority. The position is this. A niarriec regular officer who had his family living with him on or near...

[The editor of the Nineteenth Century includes in the latest...]

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The editor of the Nineteenth Century includes in the latest I of his always important monthly articles on " The Situation a passage which deserves reproduction. " Among men of...

[I am not sure that Commander King-Hall is right in...]

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I am not sure that Commander King-Hall is right in I thinking that the public is thirsting for detailed reports of the proceedings in the Chamber which he has lately entered...

[WHETHER the Government in considering the problem...]

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A SPECTATOR'S NOTEBOOK W HETHER the Government is considering the problem W of the Communist organ, the Daily Worker, I have no knowledge. It is a difficult problem to decide....

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The I.R.A. Executions

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The I.R.A. Executions I Mr. de Valera's appeal for the reprieve of the two Irish murderers sentenced to death in connexion with the explosion at Coventry last August was...

The War Cabinet and Economics

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The War Cabinet and Economics The Government's refusal to appoint a Minister for Economic Co-ordination has been more convincingly vindicated by Sir William Beveridge than it...

[SERIOUS friction with Japan arising from the seizure by...]

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NEWS OF THE WEEK SERIOUS friction with Japan arising from the seizure by a British warship of 2i Germans from the Japanese vessel 'Asama Maru ' has been averted by the good...

The Viceroy and Mr. Gandhi

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The Viceroy and Mr. Gandhi The failure of Monday's conversation between the Viceroy 0; India and Mr. Gandhi to produce results is surprising as well as disappointing. It was...

The Export Council's Task

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The Export Council's Task I Meanwhile there is general agreement that Sir Andrew Duncan must be given every chance to show his capacity at the Board of Trade, and a general...

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[HERE at last is the railway agreement, and from the stock-...]

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FINANCE AND INVESTMENT a By CUSTOS HERE at last is the railway agreement, and from the stuck. holders' standpoint it must be judged fully up to cxpCLa tions. The companies...

CHEAP RAILWAY STOCKS

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CHEAP RAILWAY STOCKS I What do these arrangements imply in terms of market values? My own feeling is that home rail junior stocks should enjoy a further substantial rise. If...

A DEFENCE OF BANK EARNINGS

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A DEFENCE OF BANK EARNINGS 0 In his address to shareholders of Lloyds Bank, which rounds off this year's series of bank chairmen's speeche5, Lord Wardington made a vigorous...

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Letter

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SIR,-It is as lamentable as inexplicable that nearly half a year after its declaration of war the Government, while preaching to the country the need of economy, should still,...

NEWS FROM FINLAND

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NEWS FROM FINLAND I SIR,-For over two months the public has been supplied daily with information from Finland about the supposed rev erse of the Red Army, the inadequacy of its...

Letter

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THE DEAN OF CANTERBURY SIR.-The pulpit and platform utterances of the Dean of Canterbury have astounded and shocked many Friends of Canterbury Cathedral. Some of them, since...

Letter

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LIQUOR IN WAR-TIME SIR,-Dr. H. M. Vernon based his claim for the introduction of the rationing and restriction of the brewing and sale of beer in war-time mostly on the usual...

Letter

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SIR,-In his review of the Dean of Canterbury's book in last I week's issue of The Spectator, Mr. Christopher Hobhoue adopts an attitude of good-humoured sarcasm. He is quit"...

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THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT

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THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT SIR,-I do not wish to enter into a lengthy theological conl troversy with Dr. Bevan, not because I shirk it, but because it would hardly interest your...

Letter

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SIR,-We are all federalists now! There is, however, '~me fundamental difficulty that has not been really faced in all the writings that have come my way on international...

Letter

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FEDERAL UNION SIR,-This prestige appeal to which Mr. Nicolson now resorts really won't do. For whose prestige are we to accept? Mr. Nicolson knows as well as I do that among...

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TILLING'S RECORD PROFITS

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TILLING'S RECORtD PROFITS It is good to see Thomas Tilling, an old favourite of these notes, announcing record profits in spite of the obviou,1 difficulties which must have...

JOHN LEWIS-SELFRIDGE DEAL

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JOHN LEWIS-SELFRIDGE DEAL I Following the recent internal changes in the house of Selfridge, there will be little surprise at the announcement that this Oxford Street store is...

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THE MURDER OF ROEHM

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THE MURDER OF ROEHM SIR,-Miss Elizabeth Wiskemann, in her interesting review of some recent books about Germany, mentions that Mr. Garbutt and Mr. Walton-Kerr, authors of two...

AIR RAIDS AND FRACTURES

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AIR RAIDS AND FRACTURES SIR.-The importance of rehabilitation as one phase of the treatment of bone and joint injuries has been emphasised in your columns (January 12th, p. 37,...

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Charles Ricketts: A Self-Portrait, taken from his Letters and Journals. Collected and compiled by T. Sturge Moore and edited by C cil Lewis.

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Charles Ricketts Charles Ricketts: A Self-Portrait, taken from his Letters and Journals. Collected and compiled by T. Sturge Moore and edited by Cxcil Lewis. (Peter Davies....

Begin Here. A War-Time Essay. By Dorothy L. Sayers.

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A Book of Good Counsel g.ill Here. A WVar-Time Essay. By Dorothy L. Sayers. (Goliancz. t(s.) IN presence of the existing world conflicts, with their dark in:;) "ations for the...

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THE CALL FROM GIRLS TO-DAY

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THE CALL FROM GIRLS TO-DAY SIR,-It is difficult in war-time, even in this comparatively Sv iring war-time, to think of the future, and to take any trouble to plan for it. But...

THE ARMY AND THE CHURCHES

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THE ARMY AND THE CHURCHES SIR,-One cannot fail to be interested by Dr. Selbie's article in last week's Spectator, but might I suggest he is unnecessarily pessimistic. I am not...

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WAR AND ART

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WAR AND ART By HERBERT READ IN the nineteen-twenties, when German museum directors and art critics began to resume their visits to this country, they would often ask where in...

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The Eighteenth Century Background. By Basil Willey.

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Our Excellent and Indispensable Eighteenth Century The Eighteenth Century Background. By B-isil Willey. | X Chatto and Windus. 15S.) IN the present state of society and until...

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Serial Map Service.

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Serial Map Service. (Dunham's Lnc, Letchworth, Herts. i8s. 6d. a ycar). AT the present moment, when so much of the contents of the daily papers can only be fully appreciated...

Britain and the Mediterranean. By Kenneth Williams.

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Shorter Notices Britain and the Mediterranean. By Kenneth Williams. (Newnes. 3S. 6d.) THIS brief, businesslike and unpretentious volume contains much useful and pertinent...

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COMPANY MEETING LLOYDS BANK LIMITED

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COMPANY MEETING LLOYDS BANK LIMITED RECORD DEPOSIT FIGURES WAR FINANCE PROBLEMS LORD WARDINGTON'S ADDRESS Tii !:2nd ordinary general meeting of thc shareholders of Lloyds I...

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"DESTROYING GERMANY"

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR [Correspondents are requested to keep their letters as brief as is reasonably possible. Signed letters are given a preference over those bearing a...

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Archbishop Laud. 1593-1645. By H. R. Trevor-Roper.

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Books of the Day Archbishop Laud Archbishop Laud. 1593-1645. By H. R. Trevor-Roper. ,MVwacmillan. 21 S.) LAUD was, in the opinion of Dr. Fisher, " the one second-rate...

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The Big Bass Drum

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STAGE AND SCREEN MUSIC The Big Bass Drum SO.MAETHING may be learnt about a composer s music from the instrument he played on himself or knew familiarly. Elgar and his violin,...

"Anyone can paint from nature."

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ART "d Anyone can paint from nature." HENRY CORNELL, the mail-van driver and jack-of-all-trades, who has been holding a one-man show at the Leicester Galleries, is reported in...

"The Wizard of Oz." At the Empire.-"Dust Be My Destiny." At Warner's.-"Fifth Avenue Girl." At the Plaza.-"African Skyway." At the Leicester Square.

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THE CINEMA "The Wizard of Oz." At the Empire. "Dust Be My Destiny." At Warner's. ' Fifth Avenue Girl." At the Plaza.-" African Skyway." At the Leicester Square. The Wizard of...

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THE MORAL FRONT

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THE MORAL FRONT By SIR EVELYN WRENCH IT is impossible to take up a newspaper nowadays without finding references to the material preparations being made by the nation and its...

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HELP FINLAND NOW

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HELP FINLAND NOW THE Supreme Council of the Allies is said to have discussed the Finnish situation at its important meeting in Paris last week-end. That is satisfactory news....

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THE INFLUENZA PROBLEM

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THE INFLUENZA PROBLEM By OUR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT ONE of the practical problems of influenza, prevalent, as always, in these winter months, is, of course, to disentangle it...

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THE WAR SURVEYED: FINLAND'S HOUR OF NEED

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THE WAR SURVEYED: FINLAND'S HOUR OF NEED By STRATEGICUS BY a strange perversity of fate events are conspiring to represent Finland's position as secure just as the hour of...

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GERMANY'S SELF-DECEPTION

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GERMANY'S SELF-DECEPTION By ELISABETH KOFFKA I IT was with a heavy heart that on a hazy August morning I stood against the railings of the ferry that was to carry me across...

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Winter Memories

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COUNTRY LIFE Winter Memories After the heaviest fall of snow I went to call on a near neighbour whose age is ninety-five. He had rigged up) a curtain in front of the cottage...

Valuable Dates

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Valuable Dates I The weakness, as well as the strength, of country memories has been discovered by those, generally country doctors, who have laboured to secure old age...

Tu-whit, Tu-whoo!

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Tu-whit, Tu-whoo ! I Was that great countryman, William Shakespeare, wrong when he made the song, so to call it, of the owl a proper accompaniment of frosty nights? Some...

Iced Milk

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Iced Milk I A local milkman slipped on the frozen snow, and upset some of his burden; but, as the householder said, he did not crv over spilt milk, he took it up and dusted it....

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BALKAN STATESMANSHIP

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BALKAN STATESMANSHIP THE conference of the Little Entente, which ended on Sunday, achieved a success which had two aspects, positive and negative. The latter, though the less...

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A Man of Forty. By Gerald Bullett.

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New Novels A Man of Forty. By Gerald Bullett. (Dent. 7s. 6d.) The Day Before. By H. M. Tomlinson. (Heinemann. gs.) Green to Amber. By Sherard Vines. (Cape. 8s. 3d.)...

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INVADED BRITAIN

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INVADED BRITAIN By DEREK HUDSON S OME time within the past few months the thoughts of most of us must have turned-however reluctantly and sceptically-to the possibility of an...