15 JULY 1899, page 15

[to The Editor Of The "spectator.") Sin—in Connection...

discussion, it may interest your readers to see this note of Sir Richard Barton ' s on the sup- posed effects of the moon ' s rays :—" The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor......

How The Cat Was Created.

[To THE EDITOR OF TFIE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I send you a translation I have made of an Italian legend of how the cat was created, written by Antonio De Nino. Many are the proverbs......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator.") Sir,—as You Observe In

the Spectator of July 8th, English is spoken in every port of the world. It is also used as a medium of communication between people whose mother- speech is other than English.......

The Anglo-danish Club.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — From the Danish chaplain in London, whom I have the pleasure of knowing, I have received the prospectus of an Anglo-Danish Club (Bet......

Moonlight Superstitions.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Evidence has been collected to show that in the West Highlands of Scotland big storms are constantly coincident with certain lunar......