10 MAY 1919, page 15

Englishmen And Animals. [to The Editor Or- The "...

SER,—" M. E. M.'e " letter of May 3rd seeking information about the " Company comes at a time when the need for such work as it was formed to undertake is once again becoming......

Mr. Balfour's Definition Of Conservatism- [to Rue Editor...

"SPECraToR...J SIR,—Some years ago, probably seven or eight, Mr. Balfour gave a definition of modern Conservatism, the keynote of which was that it stood for " well-considered......

Art.

THE ACADEMY. VICTORY has not caused shouts of triumph to come from the painters, and on the whole we are glad. Before we can have "England crowned Queen of the see." we must......

A Solar Ring.

[Tie THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—On Easter Monday there was in the morning a large solar ring—always foretelling bad, rough weather, which com- menced on the following......

Poetry.

THE RECENT HONOURS LIST. (Lines addressed to lay Friend Ma. JAMES SQUIRE, on hearing that it was his intention to abandon the practice of Satire.) 0, tat nut thou the Satiric......

Peace At Sunset. .

Wang solemn Evening glows behind the hill, And men turn from the empty fields to rest, And the grey valley-land lies dim and still, I look sometimes, for solace, towards the......

Runner Ducks.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " 8PECTATOB.") Sia,—The letters on " A Freak of Nature " have suggested to me to write on the curious change that takes place in the feathers of the Indian......

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