23 MAY 1952, page 18

" The Beasts Of The Field "

Sta,—Dr. C. K. Allen's delightful article calls to mind the late Lord Atkin's famous "neighbour" dictum in the case of Donoghue v. Steven- son (1932): " You must take reasonable......

Fritillaries

SIR.-1 was much interested in Mr. Grigson's article about fritillaries, as both the white and purple grow in profusion in - this exceptionally cold. wet garden, where the soil......

Philosopher And Poet

Stn,—On behalf of your Catholic, Anglican, Quaker, Wesleyan, Baptist, Methodist, and even Unitarian readers, allow me to thank you for / following the panegyric on the......

British Chairmanship

Sta,—The easy impartiality of even the worst British chairman derives, surely, from causes deep in our national Character. For the same reason Germans excel equally decisively......

Empty Churches ?

SK—Janus's comment on the large attendance at the London Mission- ary Society's annual meeting, over which the editor of the Spectator presided, prompts one to add a few more......

Youth And Industry

SIR.—I was very interested to read your article Industry and the Public Schools, and the reference to the Public Schools Appointments Bureau. My son, a normal boy, left his......

Nurses In The Home

SIR,—As an ex-Queen's nurse, I have been greatly interested by recent correspondence in the Spectator, but I cannot believe, as long as we have our nursing services, that any......

Overdose Of Aspirate ?

Sut.---Js the port from which the Queen's sail Southampton or South Hampton ? B.B.C. announcers favour the second version,. slightly stressing the second " h " for- fear......