17 JUNE 1899, page 14

The Influence Of Omar Khayyam. [to The Editor Of The

"SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — In your interesting article in the Spectator of Jane 10th to which my paper in the National Review about Omar Khayyam serves as a text, you say : " Mr.......

England And Kruger.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, It is hard to persuade oneself that many honourable men are making a radical mistake ; still harder is it to per. suede these persons......

Gordon And Canon Maccoll.

[To TILE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Canon MacColl in his letter on the Mandi's tomb says that Gordon would have entirely approved of Lord Kitchener's treatment of the......

A Bird-story.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In the cause of ornithological truth and common-sense allow me to make some short comments on Mr. Stillman's " bird-story," which, I......

The Humanities In Education.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Having the habit of regarding the Spectator almost in the light of a lifelong friend, it was with something of an Et-tu, Brute,......