17 MAY 1913, page 18

A. British Hospital Foe. Wounded In Con-...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TUB " SPECTATOR...1 "Bra,—Early in November last you were good enough to publish an appeal from me for funds for the opening of a British hospital for wounded......

[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......

The Pagan Tribes Of Borneo. Pto The Editor Oe The

"Srseriron."1 SIR,—I have not yet read "The Pagan Tribes of Borneo" (by Charles Hose, D.Sc., and Wm. McDougall, M.B., F.R.S.), but I read the review of the book which appeared......

[to The Editor Op Thi "spectator:' Silt, —the Birds Referred

to by your correspondent, Mr. F. W. .Thoyta, in your issue of May 10th, were probably tree sparrows. I have seen one of these birds strip bark from a tree and carry the strips......

Poetry.

ANGELS UNAWARES. . SHE minds the childher all the day, A baby tucked inside her shawl; Faulting the young ones when they stray Along the street beyond her call. Her mother has......

Books.

THE EARLY CORRESPONDENCE OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL.* LORD JOHN RUSSELL won in his• lifetime a reputation for verbal readiness and sprightliness that the public memory of the great......

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