17 JULY 1947, page 18

A Prominent Anti-semite

SIR,—Dr. Wilhelm Stapel takes your reviewer to task for referring to him as a " Nazi writer " and an " anti-Semite." His protest will carry little weight with those who have......

Dismissed With A Warning Sig,—first, May I Thank Janus For

supporting a substantial revision of salaries—at any rate, for Sixth Form teaching—in the teaching profession. The situation is really serious. And, second, may I clear up the......

Peas And Pies

SIR, —When I was in Leeds thirty-five years ago, a sign-board which I often passed announced the presence of "The Old Original Fish Charlie, with hot peas and pies, from Meadow......

P.o.w.s

SIR,-1 hope the article on German prisoners of war and the editorial comment in The Spectator for July 11th will be widely read, and will arouse the general public to express m......

Help To Gre E Ce The Following Is An Extract From A

letter received from Mr. Cecil Lubbock and the Patrons of the British Friendship to Greece Society: " May we invite those who wish to help their Greek friends to send g ifts,......

Country Life

THE other evening, at half-past nine, I came upon a particularly large lorry with a particularly cumbrous load. Two men and a most capable young woman labOriously, but efficie......

A Faithful Fly-catcher While Engaged During Several Weeks...

congenial occupation of frequentin g the haunts of large and rare birds for the most part unfamiliar to me, I saw one pair of small and most familiar birds that made me quite......

Welcome The Immigrants Reports Of An Unusual Influx Of The

rarer birds continue to reach me, and all the instances are authentic. One concerns a Golden Oriole watched from nearby on the East Coast. Another concerns that most......

Village Rhymei

One quotation in a little, a very little, anthology of traditional village doggerel has long interested me, and is of immediate interest because I was at the place the other......

In My Garden A Good Method Of Persuading Rhododendrons To

grow in less suitable places has been described to me. It consists largely of plantin g the bush so high that leaves and leaf-mould may be progressively piled over the elevated......