10 SEPTEMBER 1910, page 15

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."]

SIR, —There can be little doubt but that the decimal system bad its origin in the ten fingers of man. Had he six fingers on each band, no doubt a duodecimal system would be......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."1

SIR,—The letter signed "D. H. S." in your last issue is not the first indication I have noticed of the ill-feeling—I can think of no better word—that some seem to suppose exists......

[to Tes Editor Op Tier " Spectator. "] Sra,—half-crown...

Moores (August - 20th) seems to think it his duty as an anti-metricalist to defend the half- crown against the florin. Why P The florin is nothing metric ; it is two dozen......

" Crabbing- " The Territorials.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sin,—Your correspondent of last week, " D. H. S.," has come in contact with some members of the National Service League who, from his......