17 MAY 1913, page 17

" Rosa Rosaritm."

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sta,—Lovers of the Greek Anthology will read " C.'s " paper in your last number with much pleasure. May I offer a criticism of the two......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

SIE, — I was living last year in a house where there was a rookery in the garden. Some lime trees grew close up to the windows, and I used frequently to watch the rooks peeling......

Bark-stripping Birds.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The small bird to which your correspondent refers must be, I think, Certhia familiaris, the "tree-creeper." At my old. borne in......

Some Hampstead Birds.

{To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—Having tried for many years, and owing to the stupidity* of gamekeepers always failed, to hear in a small Suffolk village the hoot of......

The Greek Anthology.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIE,—Your reviewer may well say that Mr. Grundy's version of the Greek epitaph—ascribed to Plato—on a shipwrecked mariner- " A sailor's tomb......

Socialism And Character. [to The Editor Op The "...

SIR, — In an interesting though unfavourable review of my recent book, "Socialism and Character," your reviewer hail conveyed a wrong idea of my meaning by inadvertently......