20 AUGUST 1910, page 16

The War Against Tuberculosis.

[TO TUE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—May I draw your attention to one of the crying evils in our country which greatly tend towards the increase of consumption? This is......

The Red-breasted Flycatcher.

[TO TEE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR' SIR,—The common flycatcher (ilaseicapa grisola) is a constant visitor to my garden. For the last three months there have always been......

The Dangers Of Self-depreciation.

[TO THE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—In your article on " The Dangers of Self-Depreciation" in the issue of August 13th you " doubt whether the courtiers and people of......

The Temptation To Kill.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sin, —A terrible anecdote in the striking article so named in your issue of July 30th reminds me of an incident almost exactly similar told......

Pit Ponies.

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR "] Srn,—My attention having been drawn by correspondence in the papers to the wretched plight of pit ponies, I was some- what surprised to find......

Florence Nightingale's Owl.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—It was an odd coincidence that on the day after the announcement of Florence Nightingale's death Ikshould have read of her the......

Missionaries In China.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—With reference to the letter of Mr. Shi-Chao Chang in your last issue on the work of Christian missionaries in China, I should like to......