1 JANUARY 1916, page 25

Our " Down Glasses " Policy.

WE suggest that those who agree with the policy of " Down Glasses during the War " should send us, not for publication, but only for registration and reference, their name* and......

New Year's Day, 1871.

[To THE EDITOR 07 TDB "SPECTATOR. "] Sit,—I am sending this to you (a poem by my father, Francis Turner Palgrave, out of print for many years) on the chance that you should......

Lord Derby's Scheme.

[To nue EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR-1 Snt,—It appears from " Territorial's " letter in the Spectator of December 18th that the provisional battalions have not at present the sight......

The Bing In Council

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR-1 Sns,—I enclose you an extract from Gneist's History of the British Constitution, published in 1886. The forecast has, been marvellously true......

A Special Day Of Intercession.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR-1 SIB,—On New Year's Day, in almost every daily newspaper in the country, the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St. John, by means of......

Canning And Disraeli In Political Novels.

[TO THE EDITOR OT THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—In your last issue your correspondent " J. A. L. F." asks whether there are any other novels, besides those old and forgotten works......

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or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of......