The Plumage Trade.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTLTOR."1 the list of imported goods detained on board ship and in the docks and warehouses of London during the recent strike 618 tons of bird-skins......

Books.

MR. HOLMES ON EDUCATION.* THE author of this volume is at least a man of courage. By penning a circular which the Board of Education thought well to print but had not the spirit......

Poetry.

THE MIST THAT'S OVER IRELAND. THERE'S a mist that's over Ireland where the black bird calls, And when you come it's risin' and when you go it falls. It's made of green and......

Summer Storms.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR. ") SIB,—Will you kindly allow me to add my quota to your very interesting article on the remarkable storm of Saturday, July 29th? The spot from......

Communicated," The Editor Must Not Necessarily Be Held To Be

in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of expression. In such instances, as in the case of " Letters to the Editor," insertion only means That the matter......

The Insurance Bill And The "people's Bud Get."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In a preface to a book entitled "The People's Budget," dated November 20th, 1909, Mr. Lloyd George wrote as follows :— " The Budget......