16 APRIL 1898, page 14

Bird Sanctuaries.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTLTOB."11 SIR,—It was in the Spectator of November 13th, 1897' that I first saw the idea mooted that Wolmer Forest might be formed into a sanctuary......

Punishment. [to The Editor Of The "spectator. "] Sin,—in...

article on " Punishment " in the Spectator of April 9th you weigh carefully two aspects of the case. Punishment is, doubtless, intended to reform the criminal and to deter......

Animal Characteristics.

[To ME EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:9 SIR,—Can you not suggest that writers on natural history should, if only for variety, tell ordinary folk the things we all want to know about......

The Sense Of Direction.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The following, from Arthur Young's " Autobiography," edited by M. Betham-Edwards, p. 45, may interest your readers :— "And here I may......

Peasant - Proprietorships In The West Indies.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—The interests of the West Indian planters and time interests of the eight hundred thousand Creoles in the West Indies are not identical......