15 JUNE 1929, page 21

A Hundred Years Ago

THE SPECTATOR, JUNE 13TH, 1829. STATE Or THE COUNTRY. - The House of Commons met yesterday afternoon. Mr. Peel had hopes that the distress would pass away more speedily than was......

Poetry

Above Tonyrefail Low by the rising moon the village sleeps, Its dust now wearied down ; A night of stars above it sweeps To the Unknown. Long hushed the orchestration of the......

Defilement Of The Countryside [to The Editor Of The...

you have among your readers any with influence over those who control the affairs of Magdalen College, Oxford, I hope that they will use that influence to restrain the Estates......

Points From Letters Domestic Refuse.

You suggest in your issue of June 8 that you wish our worthy ediles would visit Germany or even some other smaller European State to see domestic refuse hygienically removed.......

Next Week The Spectator Will Contain A Second Pint Arts

and Antiqties Supplement; illustrated and printed on appropriate paper. The articles will include " Ornamental Old China" by Bernard Rackham, and " An Appeal for a National......