14 OCTOBER 1911, page 18

Poetry.

SACRAMENTO. 'Fame° City's grand an' gay (Sacramento, Sacramento!) And the roaring night's as bright as day! And many ships go, small an' great, In and out by the Golden Gate......

The Romantic Past. [to The Editor Of The "spectator."]...

your kind review of Mr. Ralph Nevill's "Romantic Past," on page 653 of the Spectator for October 7th, you draw attention to a misprint by which the name Juliette Drouet is twice......

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......

Monks And Nuns In Calais.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] SIE,—The writer of the article on " Calais " in the Spectator of October 7th is no doubt right in saying that the old town no longer possesses......

Linnieus A.nd The Lapps.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE 0 SPECTATOR."] Sin,—A correspondent asks whether the Lapps of to-day are as healthy and happy a people as they were in Linnteus's time. I cannot speak of......

Bible Talks.

[To Tax EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Szn.,—I observe that Mr. Fleetwood H. Williams in your issue of the 16th, referring to the "Bible Talks "which formed such an interesting......

The National Reserve. [to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

SIE,—Knowing the interest you take in the" National Reserve" — in fact, as being a pioneer thereof, I trust you will not mind my corresponding with you in reference to a matter......

Wasps.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR,"] SIR,—One of your correspondents of October 7th asks for con- firmation of a statement that wasps will pierce and destroy calico, and that......