20 DECEMBER 1913, page 15

The Secret Of The Scot.

[To THE EDITOR OF THY " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—In " The Secret of the Scot " the Sp•ctator remarked that Scotsmen were not pioneers, and did not possess the sort of enterprise for......

[to Thy Editor Of The "spectator. "' Sin,—the Spectator's...

accuracy is so high that I hope it will not be considered pedantic to point out that there are three inaccuracies in the interesting article on " The Secret of the Scot" in your......

A Personal Explanation.

"TO THE EDITOR O➢' THE "SPECTATOR. "' SIR,—In your issue of December 6th you described me as " a Roman Catholic Unionist." That is a misstatement which I must ask you to allow......

Plagiarism Or Coincidence ?

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " Sl'ECTATOR."1 subjoin the "old Scottish ballad" and the poem attributed to Robert Burns by Sir A. Quiller-Couch in the OLD SCOTTISH BALLAD. (See Notes to......

Soldiers And The American War.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPELT tTOE:9 SIR,—The question whether officers should be allowed to resign their commissions in the case of civil war where their feelings are very......