10 MARCH 1900, page 16

The Ineffectiveness Of British Rifle-fire.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Not long ago I quoted in the Times letters from an English and from a German officer serving in the opposed forces anent the bad......

"the Wearin' Of The Green."

AND have you heard the joyful word that's fiyin' round full blast, That Buller and the boys are through to Ladysmith at last ? And how to march in first of all the soldiers of......

Poetry.

LORD ROBERTS. THY country called thee; from the grave Of her dead child and thine: The single warrior Fortune gave To close a hero line. O'er land and sea, from that far field......

The Friends' Indian Famine Fund.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:) SIR —The enclosed appeal and report may interest you in connection with the paragraph on p. 363 in the Spectator of February 24th, as showing......

The Position Of Holland.

(To THE EDITOR OP THE 'SPECTATOR."] SIE, — Your correspondent, "Dutchman," writes that he is "not aware that Holland has ever asked England's assistance or protection for the......