15 APRIL 1911, Page 14

"LAND OF OUR BIRTH, OUR FAITH, OUR PRIDE"!

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1

SIR,—May I mention, for the benefit of those who do not care to sing tunes inseparably associated with other words to new hymns, that there is an unpublished tune written by Mr. J. St. Oswald Dykes to Kipling's "Land of our Birth" P I have heard it sung for the last three or four years on the Sunday following Empire Day by choir and congregation, with inspiring effect. The tune has been privately printed, and a copy would be sent to anyone desiring to try it.—I am, Sir, &e., Holy Trinity Vicarage, Leeds. OCTAVIA M. DYKES.