16 NOVEMBER 1912, page 34

Scott And Fox-hunting.

[To MEE EDITOR as THE "SPROTAT011."] SIR,—lf there are hundreds who regard Scott's lines, quoted in your last issue, as "a- blemish on a great poet's reputation," then the said......

Books.

BENJAMIN DISRAELI.* WE cannot begin a review of the second volume of Mr. Monypenny's Life of Disraeli better than. by repeating . a quotation given in. our notice of the first......

[to Tier Editor 07 The "srecraron."1

SITI.,—my attention was directed to-day to a letter in your last issue asking about the loco plant. This information I can give if you care to have it. There are several......

The "loco " Weed.

[To ms EDFFOR OF TRH "Srscraion."1 Sin,—In reply to Mr. Thorburn's letter re the "loco" weed in last week's issue, I find that " loco " is the Spanish word for crazy. The evil......

A Correction.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] think you have a twofold mistake in your last week's review of Messrs. A. and C. Black's "Peeps Series" (Literary Supplement). The volume on......

Poetry.

A.N OLD DOG. Now that no shrill hunting horn Can arouse me at the morn, Deaf I lie the long day through, Dreaming firelight dreams of you; Waiting, patient through it all, Till......

Notice.—when "correspondence" Or Artideer Are Sfsttert...

or initials, or with a• pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must trot necessarily be held-to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or talk, the mode......

The Fox As Vermin'.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEl "SPECTATOR."] SIB, — The writer of the article, "The Fox and the Law," in your issue of November 9th, has surely missed the local allusion in Sir Walter......

[to Tim Edltor Of Tied "spectator."1 Sle,—if Mr. Thorburn...

access to a library he ought to find many references to the "loco-weed." I have no doubt the Agricultural Department in Washington will be able to tell him of special treatises......