Crickets And Ascension Day.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Can any of your readers give me the origin of the inhabitants of Florence going out early on Ascension Day to catch crickets (Italian "......
Americans And London Prices.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—During a conversation on Anglo-American relationship with the London manager of a big American firm, I was surprised and humiliated to......
Bird Parasites.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In his interesting letter, Mr. C. W. Early asks whether swifts are usually troubled with large insect pests. Gilbert White says : "The......
The Rights Of Nonconformists.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] • get my Spectator late, and perhaps some other corre- spondent has already pointed out that Dr. Morgan Gibbon's grievance as to the rights of......
Facsimiles Of Masterpieces.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] • have read with much interest the letter in your issue of August 18th from Mr. W. S. C. Copeman on the subject of facsimiles of masterpieces.......
The Ignorance Of The Ancients About Sailing.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—" Nautilus" asks about the reason of the ignorance of the ancients about sailing. I think this was due to the design of their vessels,......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]
Sin,—In the Life and Epistles of St. Paul, by Conybeare and Howson, there arc some interesting observations on the ships and navigation of the ancients, which answer the......
The London Lock Hospital And Home.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The Board of Management are convinced that were it not for the large amount of resident accommodation that the London Lock Hospital and......
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