17 AUGUST 1912, page 17

The Finest View In The South Of England.

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIB, — In the charming article "The Finest View" in the Spectator of August 3rd no word is said of the numerous very beautiful views in the......

The Odes Of Horace.

1To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] gIft,—In your review (August 3rd) of Mr. Morris's translation of the Odes you quote his rendering of the opening of " Justum et tenacem."......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator." I Sir.—surely No

more beautiful view in the South of England can be found than Poole Harbour from the Purbeck Hills and from the Parkstone moorland. Unfortunately the latter is passing away only......

Notice.—when "correspondence" Or Articles Are Signed With...

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......

Habits Of Jackdaws.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SSECTATOR."] Sin,—On June 7th this year I found a half-fledged jackdaw at the foot of a tower at the castle at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. He now follows me about......

[to The Editor Or The " Spectator."] Ste,—a Cerrespondent Of

yours, in the Speetatorof August 10 th speaks of the view of the Severn Valley, seen from Cleeve Hill, above Cheltenham, as one of the finest in England. Few, I should think,......

A Correction.

[TO THE EDITOR OF Mr "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—J. T. H., in your issue of August 10th, quotes a poem by Lowell as "The Battle of the Books." In all editions of that writer I have......

The Regina. Cyclone.

[To THE EDITOR OS THE " SPECTATOR."] SIN, — The enclosed letter is from one of our village boys, aged twenty-one, the son of the local plumber, who has been out in Canada a......