10 AUGUST 1929, page 10

Eileen The Bold F H.een Is A Bold Child. She Is

bold in the Irish sense of the word, which has shades of meaning all to itself. If you saw Eileen with her fuzz of flaxen curls and her round blue eyes, you would agree with me......

Poetry

The 'Plough and Sail' A LITTLE Inn upon the River Aide Gave shelter to us in the summer hail— A shabby, snuff-brown Inn, divinely called The Plough and Sail. The fire was out,......

Correspondence

A LETTER FROM MOSCOW. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The King's Speech made an unfavourable impression in Moscow ; both lzvestia and Pravda commented upon the difference......

A Hundred Years Ago

THE SPECTATOR, AUGUST 8TH, 1829. THE STEAM CARRIAGE. The success of the experimental tour to and from Bath much exceeds whatever could have been anticipated by the most sanguine......