The Late Mr. Evelyn Abbott.
rro TEE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR." I Sin.—Engl ish scholarship and the teaching of classical anti qu it y at Oxford have experienced a very distinct loss in the death of Dr.......
"mercy To Particulars Is Cruelty In • The General."
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") IR.—In the Spectator for August 31st you express a qualified approval of the infliction of the death punishment for "killing surrendered......
The Boers And The British.
LTO TEE EDITOR oF TEE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—While reading your notes with reference to the :war in South Africa and the cause thereof, it has occurred to me that the gist of a......
The Wish For Immortality.
rTo TEE EDITOR OP THE " SPECIATOR."1 Sin,—Are you quite sure that the Sadducees positively as- serted "extinction at death" (Spectator, September 7th) ? As I read their......
The British Officer, Past And Present. .[to . Lax Editor. Of
THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The opinion of Major Mauvillon, a competent critic, upowthe,characteristics of the British soldier, exemplified in the year 1760, when fighting under Duke......
The Fox-hunting Incident In Egypt.
[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR.") Sts,—The more publicity the fox-hunting case at Cairo (Sieitator; September 7t11) receives the better I shall be pleased. I would suggest,......
France And Turkey.
pro THE Eorroe OP TEE " SPECTATOE."1 Sin —The Spectator is so well informed on most 'questions dealing with the politics of the East and of Turkey that I . • feel it to be......