An Edgeworth Time-span
SIR,—Richard Edgeworth (eldest brother of Maria Edgeworth the novelist) was born in 1764, in the age of wigs and sedan chairs and Chatham. His half-sister Lucy Jane (Mrs. Romney......
Knowledge Of Modern Languages
SIR,-1t would perhaps seem ungracious to take Mr. Harold Nicolson's charming article in the Spectator of September 28th too seriously. It is, however, so full of sound knowledge......
The Happiest People
Sm,—Your correspondent, Mr. Kennard Davis, in asking how Dr. Gallup measures human happiness, will no doubt provoke many profound reflec- tions in the minds of moralists and......
Biennial Cropping
Si,—Mr. Massingham in Country Life says he doesn't believe in "this biennial business" in apple-trees because his Ellisons Orange, reputed to be biennial, has fruited four years......
Disappearing Clergy
SIR,—Mr. Stockwood's argument is two-edged. If we accept the Biblical doctrine of the priesthood of all believers, why should one Christian expect to be paid for his priesthood......
"mb, *spectator Ctober, 4t1) 1851
'MANCHESTER AND ITS GUEST THE event of the age is one that has not yet happened, but is going to happen ; the North of England already feels its . influence—a refraction of the......
The Mystique Of Kingship
SIR,—In an otherwise admirable note in your issue of September 28th you refer to the mystique of kingship as something "which few foreigners can understand • and which often......
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