11 JUNE 1921, page 17

Swallows.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin; —This year and last there have been hardly any birds of the swallow tribes round here, where there used to be plenty. I should much......

Joint Nursing And V.a.d. Services Committee Of The United...

FUND. [To THE EDITOR OF TH3 " Ser.crtroa.") Snr,—Your readers may be interested to hear that a sum of money has been granted by the United Services Fund for the benefit of......

Cruelty To Animals.

(To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Much correspondence has appeared of late in the Press upon the various phases of cruelty to animals, and nothing but good results can......

The Theatre.

" IF," BY LORD DUNSANY, AT THE AMBASSADORS THEATRE. PERHAPS I was in a heavy mood, but anyhow I experienced the sensation of constantly falling through If. John Beal of The......

Poetry.

THE RUIN. CONE are the coloured princes : gone echo : gone laughter. Drips the blank roof : and the moss creeps after. Dead is the crumbled chimney ; all mellowed to rotting The......

Income Tax.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Under the new fanciful method oL assessing the Income Tax, and allowances upon it, I pay between £30 and 240 more than I did last year......

A Cuckoo In Search Of A Nest.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta,—Knowing your interest in bird life I write you of the curious experience I have had with a cuckoo. On May 28th, on approaching my......

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