14 NOVEMBER 1925, page 22

Housing In Scotland

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--In your article of October 24th on Housing you "wonder that Scotland lags behind," so I venture to inform you of the reason why she does......

The . Grey. Squirrel

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] ' - have read •the - Article - and- letters,-you have 'published On the subject of a grey squirrel imported -from 'Canada, Which is - expelling......

'po E Rr Y

MIRAGE I SAW a man on a horse Riding against the sun. " Halo! Don Cossack ! " I cried. He shouted, " ilallo , my son!" The Caspian Sea shimmered ; The Kazak tents shone For-a......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] - A Tax On

• BETTING NEWS - Sin,—There are weighty objections to a direct tax on betting'i which do not hold against indirect taxes ; we already have one at least in the entertainments tax......

The Raven. And The Golf Ball [to The Editor Of

the SPECTATOR.] &IL—Any golfer who has been to Shillong (Assam) will confirm Mr. Lewis Davies' story. The crows - there have for years carried off balls by' the dozen, a......

A Correction.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Siri,=I feel that you would like me to point out an error on page 840 of your issue of the 7th inst. In- an Article in which you are reviewing......

Sir Henry_ .wood Appreciation Fund

. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Stre,—A fey/ of Sir Henry Wood's friends have got together a small Sum "Of money which they propose to ask him to accept as a personal......

£100 Prize For An Essay On Unemployment

AN American reader of the Spectator, Mr. Gabriel Wells, has generously offered a prize of £100 for an essay on " Unemployment : Its Cause and Remedy." The' maximum length of an......