11 OCTOBER 1913, page 15

The Opium Vice In Java.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—A few facts on this subject might be of interest to your readers. The chief vice of the inhabitants of Java is opium-smoking. The whole......

On Cribs.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SI11, — A man's social standing may be judged with tolerable accuracy by the cut of his clothes, and the same is true, in some degree, with......

The Absence Of Wheels In Nature. [to The Editor Of

THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin, — An interesting point is raised by a remark in your article on " Fancy Flying. " " Nature has not put any of her brute creatures on wheels, nor given......

" Tottenham In His Boots."

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—As a connexion, by marriage, of the family of "Tottenham in his boots," perhaps I may be allowed to contribute an exact version of the......

Canals And The State.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Sesorwroit."; Sin,—Mr. Acworth has written to you a letter on " Canals and the State," and, quoting the example of the Manchester Ship Canal, doubts the......