Fair Play For Non-smokers

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—John Wesley once said to his preachers : " I have no more right-to object to a man . for holding a different opinien from my own than I......

Short Letters

BICENTENARV or SIR Is. is Ni iVroir: To mark, in an enduring. form, the two-hundredth anni- versary of Sir Isaac Newton, who was born at Woolstliorpe , a few miles from the town......

The Last Quartets

[To the Editor of the SrEcrovron.] Sin,----Mr. Patrick Abercrombie objects to my criticism of the Posthumous Quartets of Beethoven, but does nothing to justify his objection. He......

Persistent Jackdaws

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SI R, ---Some may talk of " Brave Swans and Timid Gulls ' (Spectator, March 12th), but what of the plucky, persistent, persevering jackdaw ? If......

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Sin,—The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, a Latin compilation possibly M old as the eighth Of ninth century, says (ch. 17) that the angel told Joseph to go into Egypt by way of the......

English Coffee : A Californian View

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--The letters on " A Good Cup of Coffee " are timely ant true, as they hit on The head one of those nails that need to Ic driven in to make......