16 DECEMBER 1911, page 17

The Late Bishop Of Oxford.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOE."] Sra,—We believe that the friends of the late Bishop of Oxford would be gad that some account should be published of his life and of his work.......

Poetry.

TO THE RUSSIAN DANCERS. MEMBERS of the Russian ballet, spring-heeled Jacks and spring-toed Jills, As I ponder on your prowess, so provocative of thrills, Admiration mixed with......

Not10e. — When "correspondence" Or Articles Are Signed...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of......

English Hexameters. [to Ttie Editor Of Thb "spectator."]

have followed the discussion on classical metres in English with a special interest, for it brings back the memory of a brilliant young scholar who, if he bad lived, was......

Hexameters: A Correction.* When Tennyson Sang Of Virgirs...

'Twas the hexameter verse, not the iambic, he meant. Nor did the poet write with alliteration ungainly : "Moulded by mouth of man" ; "moulded," he wrote, "by the lips." [A very......

The Spectator Experimental Company.

Tan Editor of the Spectator is inviting those members of the Spectator Experimental Company who are in England and within reach of London to tea on Tuesday, January 16th, 1912,......

The Register Of Old Pupils Of Mill Hill School.

[To TEE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR." J am editing a new and enlarged edition of "The Register of Old Pupils of Mill Hill School, London," from 1807 onwards, and should he greatly......

Books.

VOX CLAMANTIS. , "I PREACH to partisans who do not wish to be converted, for . . . their partisanship is the mainspring of their political activity. But I preach to all......

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