17 OCTOBER 1925, page 22

The Grey Squirrel

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —The grey squirrel in my opinion is likely to become a positive nuisance in the country if he has not already become so. He robs nests......

A Christmas Present

[To the Editor of the SrEcreron.] Snt,—May an exile, please, be allowed to congratulate an old friend on such signs of health as the Spectator displays ? My copy is passed round......

Compulsory Irish

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,—Infinite mischief is being done by compulsory Irish. During the past summer the National Schools had nine weeks' holidays to enable the......

Poetr Y

THE PRISONER Watch, brothers, for the Upward sun And the - wide purple of -the sea, Wait for the streaming hunt ; and when It breaks in tight bring word to me. I too have walked......

£100 Prize For An Essay On Unemployment

AN American reader of the Spectator, Mr. Gabriel Wells; has generously offered a prize of £100 for an essay on "Unemployment : Its Cause and Remedy." The maximum length of an......