The Command Of The Mediterranean. (to The Editor Op The
"SPECTATOR." SIR,—There are so many excellent reasons why we should never abandon the "command of the Mediterranean" that one regrets to see any fallacious one advanced,......
Poetry.
AVE, ATQUE VALE. IN that long rank of English statesmen stand, Who well have served their Ruler and their Land; Upon thy brow the laurel wreath of fame Shall add fresh lustre to......
A Colossal Flogging.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR,"] SIR,—Without presuming to discuss the wisdom or the un- wisdom, the justice or the injustice, of the Sandhurst punish- ments, may I call......
Books.
THE WEB OF EMPIRE.* SIR DONALD MACKENZIE WALLACE has acquitted himself creditably of a difficult task. It is no easy matter to Write an " authorised" diary of a Royal tour......
Canadian Bibliography.
pro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,---I shall be very much obliged if you can find room for the accompanying note in the Spectator. I am very anxious to make the......
Think It Of Sufficient Value. Captain R. Tufnell Barrett, Of
Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry, was my brother.—I am, Sir, &c., TUFNELL C. A. BARRETT. Christ Church Vicarage, Belper, Derbyshire. From a letter written by Captain Green,......
Water-bottles And Fires.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—Twice in my life I have met with cases of a fire being caused by globular water - bottles acting as burning-glasses. In one case,......
[*** Lord Acmox's List Or Booxs. — We Have Received A Large
number of letters asking us to publish Lord Acton's list of books. We can only say, as we said last week, that we have not the list in our possession, but we trust that at some......
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