18 JANUARY 1902, page 14

A Correction.

PTO VIE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The notice by "H. S." of the Colonna Raphael in the Spectator of January 11th omits all mention of the interest- ing little fact......

Poisonous Plants.

(TI) THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — An old sister of mine, confined to her room by chronic ill-health, was in the habit of picking off the dead leaves of a few plants......

Art.

HISTORICAL ART. ENGLISH KINGS AND QUEENS AT THE NEW GALLERY. WHEN looking at the pictures now on the walls of the New Gallery it is impossible not to speculate upon questions......

Poetry.

THE LITTLE ENGLANDER. THEY stand deriding, while the sowers sow— Fain would they scatter tares the field to blight— Yet when the reapers down the furrows go, They share the......

The Motives Of Misers.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") • Sr,—Is it too late to comment upon your very interesting article upon " The Motives of Misers" in the Spectator of December 28th, which I......

Direct And Indirect Taxation.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—There can be no equality between direct and indirect taxation (see Spectator of January U tb, p. 39), as every one who pays direct taxes......

White Animals.

PTO THE Enrroa 'OD THE "SPECTATOR:1 Si,—In the interesting paper on "White Animals" which you published on December 21st last the-writer says : "It is almost as difficult to see......

[to The Editor Of Ttie " Spectator.")

SIR, — Is it a fact that yew-berries are poisonous? I know that animals die from browsing on yew, but I remember being initiated by a small cousin in my childhood into the......