20 FEBRUARY 1909, page 18

Poetry.

BLAKE'S SPECTACLES. ["'Pair of plain old iron-rimmed spectacles, circular glasses ; iu original green and black cardboard case. 12 guineas. These spectacles belonged to, and......

An Appeal For Girton College.

[To THY EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."I Sin,—I venture to ask for your kind help to draw the attention of the public to the needs of Girton College and to the appeal lately issued......

The " Spectator" Fund For The Family Of The Murdered

IRISH CONSTABLE. WE are very grateful to our readers for the generous way in which they have responded to our appeal. We should be much obliged if subscribers would make cheques......

M Usi C.

MENDELSSOHN. Or all the remarkable men who were born in that anus nlirabilis 1809, Mendelssohn has probably undergone the greatest vicissitudes of posthumous popularity.......

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