12 AUGUST 1916, page 13

A Missing Officer.

[To THE EDITOR Or TRH " SPECTATOR." SIR,—Your paper is, I know, seen by a great many of our men at the front, &c. I am most anxious to find out what happened after the fighting......

On Consulting The Dictionary.

[To THE EDITOR OF TIE SPECTATOR:I Sra,—The English dictionary which " A. S." and " W. W." " cherish" is described as " a three-and-sixpenny thing that is . . . comparatively......

Soldiers And A General Election.

(To THE F.otron OP THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—With reference to the talk of a General Election towards the end of this year and the part that the Army is to play in voting, I cannot......

Style.

fro VIE EDITOR TOE " SPECTATOR:1 Sru,—May I place beside Lord C'romer's quotation from Anatole France (in the Spectator of June 17th): " Gardons-nous d'ecrire trop bien, c'est......

Closed Churches.

ere THE EDITOR OF THE " 8PECTATOR.'1 Sin,--It causes one who has lived in and wandered in many lands, and who can pin his confession of faith to no particular altar, a certain......

A Great National Economy

(To THE EDM)R OF THE SPECTATOR.1 Sur,—In further reference to " J. R. F.'s " remarks, you have not the space, nor I the time, for a full examination of the statements in his......

The Proposed Church Council

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Canon Rashdall has little difficulty in finding points of detail to criticize in the proposals of the Archbishops' Committee on Church......

Defensive Armour.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I note the rebuke administered to me in your article entitled " Armour of Offence " ; but may I point out that I was not so " foolish "......

[to The Eorros Od The " 8recr.iros."1 8334 — It Is Not

difficult to identify the work which your contributor dis- cussed in his delightful article, " On Consulting the Dictionary." He has discovered in it, ho says, only a single......

A Territorial Brigade Of Guards.

(TO THE EDITOR or THR "Szircrarcat."] SIR,—For some years I have felt that the formation of a "Territorial " Brigade of Guards would be a graceful way of recognizing the good......