19 FEBRUARY 1921, page 15

The Moon " Lying On Her Back."

[To THE EDITOR OT THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR; —This is regarded by the fishermen here as a sure sign of bad weather. The phenomenon is fully explained in .R. A. Proctor's work, The......

Edmund Gibson : Bishop Of Lincoln.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As I am engaged in a special study of Edmund Gibson, successively Bishop of Lincoln (1716-23) and London (1723-48), I should be greatly......

Poetry.

After the silence 'The twilight deepens, After the twilight The silence 'deepens. And darkness and silence Over desert and mountain Distill on all creatures Thick dew, softest......

English Wheat.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. 1 1 am a flour miller under Government in a district growing English wheat. During the whole time of control there have been no restrictions......

The Theatre.

THREE PRODUCTIONS OF SHAKESPEARE. Macbeth, acted lay the Ben Greet Players at the Hackney Baths ; Antony and Cleopatra, by the O.U.D.S. at the New Theatre, Oxford ; The Tempest,......

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