18 NOVEMBER 1911, page 32

[to The Editor Of The ''spectator "] Sir, —it Has Always...

to me that Petronius's "curiosa felicitas " merely means that Horace took great pains to find the right word, and was nearly always (if not always) lucky in......

The Hungry Book-lover.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR." Sin,—Apropos of Lord Rosebery's allusion, in his recent in- teresting address, to the Aberdeen student "who hesitated for some time between a......

"france And The French."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:9 San,—" One comes to wonder" (the English is not mine) " whether Paris or Lhasa is the more remote from English understanding." I am afraid......

" Curiosa Felicitas."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SrmeTATore."] Sin,—Does not the above phrase, like many others, such as " gratia vivax," come under the law of " hypallage," by which the noun substantive......

" Hero Of Heroes."

[To THE EDITOR OT THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — If your review of my "Hero of Heroes" had been less kindly I would not have troubled you with this note. But such reviewing as yours......

"the Case Of Richard Me Ynell.* [to The Esrros Op

Tax "Srscuroa."( SIR,—The article in your issue of last week on " The Case of Richard Meynell" is hardly a just appreciation of Mrs. Ward's latest book. It would appear, though......