15 OCTOBER 1932, page 19

Poetry

Riverscape IsTo your arms your gray olives withdrawing, Gray stony hills, you lie watching aloof Rhone lying couched 'neath the sky's pale roof, Rhone with his cypresses massed......

A Hundred Years Ago

THE SPECTATOR... OCTOBER 13TH, 1832. We thought the breed of " Charlies," with their lanterns and greatcoats, had. been extinct ; but it appears there are still a few specimens......

Germany's Claim

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is important at the present moment that the public opinion abroad should be helped to secure a clearer under- standing, than can be......

The British Industries Fair [to The Editor Of The...

SIR,—In view of reports current in the Press regarding the withdrawal of the £25,000 Government publicity grant to the British Industries Fair, perhaps a brief statement. of the......