13 DECEMBER 1913, page 16

Poetry.

DACTYLS. OVER a bright blue sea White gulls are lazily soaring, Out of a bright blue sky Is a light, that is heavenly, pouring; High in the air tall cliff, Sheer crag, sharp......

A Correction.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTAT011.1 SIR,—I read in your review of Oxford and Cambridge collec- tions of modern verse the following sentence : "It always surprises us that the......

The Cheap Cottage Question.

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOE.") Sin,—I have followed with interest the various articles and letters appearing in the Spectator on the cheap cottage ques- tion. In an article......

A Minimum Wage.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You condemn the intolerance of the advocates of a minimum or living wage on page 963 of your• last issue. Is it not of the first......

Leasehold Enfranchisement.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Six,—As your paper is always so accurate, may I draw your attention to a slight inaccuracy upon this matter in attributing leasehold......

Books.

LORD CROMER'S ESSAYS.* IN his paper on Antigonos Gonatas Lord Cromer notes that the career of that royal philosopher is an illustration of the truth that a man of action can be......

Links With The Past.

[To THE EDIT013 OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Six,—My grandfather was present at the battle of Culloden in 1746. Being a boy of seven years old, he was not in the fighting line with his......

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