14 NOVEMBER 1896, page 15

To The Editor Of The " Spec - I/tor:]

Sru,—I recently tried to sell a piece of furniture to an old lady, which she steadily declined on the ground that "she always assaulted her husband before Fhe bought any......

Big V. Small Bullets.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Colonel Slade's plea that the Small Arms Committee took more than three years to decide between the weapons before them hardly avails.......

Baron Thie Bau Lt.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOE."] Sin,—A paragraph in the diary of Gouverneur Morris, American Ambassador daring the Reign of Terror in Paris, gives a melancholy confirmation......

[to The Editor Op The " Eipectator.'] Sir,—there Is A

fallacy in the strange saying that "a world of Yorkshiremen would not be a pleasant world ; " for certain it is that Yorkshiremen would never find it unpleasant, and yet that......

A Bird-story.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Many years ago, I kept a canary in a cage which was suspended by a thickish cord in a window recess. I had noticed that the bird seemed......

A Dog-story.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " 8PECTATOR."1 SIR,—I send you the following story of my fox-terrier dog. This little animal has formed numerous carious friendships during its lifetime,......

Unconscious Perversions.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sta,—Possibly you may think the following incident, related to me by a friend in a letter received last week, worthy of a place in your......