17 JANUARY 1925, page 14

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TWO LYRICS FROM " THE DELUGE " WIND, RALN, TREES AND WATERS IN CHORUS. WHo is this Titanic force That checks the waters in their course, Checks and 'turns and urges back......

Mediaeval Latin [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir, —...

for a new Mediaeval Latin Dictionary has been urgently felt for the last twenty-five years, and various attempts have been made to supply the learned world with a " New Du......

Dr. Johnson On Wine

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,—Your correspondents on the subject of wine at dinner may be entertained if I refresh their memories with the following extracts :- " We......

Uncommon Wild Flowers

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —Your correspondents, under the above heading, of October 18th, just to hand from a friend in England, mention the Marsh Gentian "......

Tudor Sundial Wanted For Sulgrave Manor

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —The Spectator and its Editor have already shown a great and practical interest in the work of furnishing and making beautiful Sulgrave......

The Development Of Northern Australia

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have been a reader of the Spectator for forty years, having begun as a child, with the animal stories, and was much interested recently......