13 FEBRUARY 1897, page 15

The Conscription In France.

[To TIM EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—While strolling this afternoon along the remains of the Via Aurelia, which is still known as " Camin Aurelion," where it passes through......

Squirrels And Birds.

[To THR EDITOR Or THE " SPECTAT0R...9 SIR,—I think a curious bit of observation of the habits of the squirrel will interest your readers. It is in a letter from a Scotch......

An Unimpeachable Presentiment.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] you allow a distant reader to supplement the incident recorded by Mr. Ogi]vy, in the Spectator of December 12th, by another which occurred......

Mr. Voysey And The Unitarians.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " EPECTITOB."] SIR,—I do not know whether Mr. E. A. Voysey gave his father instructions to speak for him in the letter which appeared in the Spectator of......

A Bird-story. [to Twa Editor Op The " Spictatol1 Sir,—a

robin has been on very friendly terms with my household for many months, coming in at the open windows, ad at meal-times helping himself to food from the table at which we have......

Poetry.

THE SIN OF SIR PERTAB SINGH. A KING is great, and the gods are high ; Beyond all gods and kings Is the Veda's timeless rule whose bonds Hold all created things. A. king may......