12 OCTOBER 1912, page 17

Books.

MARK TWAIN.* HUMOUR is not by any means necessarily a gift of tempera. meat. Some twisting and refraction of thoughts as they pass onwards to utterance may be the effect of a......

Christian Education Of Women In The East. [to Erz Editor

OP THE " SPECTATOR."] you allow me to draw attention to a Conference on the Christian Education of Women in the East which was held at Oxford early in September last ? The......

A Church-going Dog.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.. "] SIR, — Some little amusement and doubt has been caused by an anecdote which lately appeared in a local paper telling of the sagacity of a......

Quaint Norman Surnames.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.1 Sin,—Is not Croque-vielle probably " a poor player on the vielle or hurdy-gurdy "F Littre gives Croque-note : "musicien pauvre ou panvre......

Notice.—when "correspondence" Or Articles Are Signed With...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of......

A National Valhalla.

[To Tar EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR:] Sra,—A short time ago . I read in the Spectator an appreciative notice of the late William Booth. Are we to take it that this and similar......

Timothy, Timothy, Where Have You Been? . " Over The

sloping meadows green ; The river called, but I could not stay, Into the copse I ran away." Timothy, Timothy, what did you see ? " A bunny scampering round a tree, A squirrel......