16 FEBRUARY 1895, page 14

Somersetshire Dialect.

[To TIER EDITOR 01 TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Dialect is not altogether dead in Somersetshire, though it is undoubtedly fast dropping into disuse. A case tried in the Wells Petty......

[to The Editor 01 Tee "spectator."]

SIR,—As I see that you have published some interesting anecdotes about dogs, I send you the two following, which perhaps you may think worth inserting. In 1873 we came to live......

Public-house Reform.

[To THY EDITOR ON THE ". SPECT•TOR."] Sin,—It is often said that lookers-on sometimes see more of the game than the players, and it is that which encourages me to offer some......

A Cat-story.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—As the dogs are having a good time in the Spectator, I hope you will allow the cats a share. Your readers may be interested in hearing......

Curious Habits Of Dogs.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SrsoTAToz."] SIR,—I knew a dog in Ireland—a large retriever—who had been taught always to bring his own tin dish in his month, to be filled at the late......