20 JANUARY 1950, page 18

Shakespeare's Sonnets Dated

SIR,—Mr. Leslie .Hotson's book, recently published, argues that Shakespeare's " mortal moon " sonnet deals with the Armada, that its date, therefore, is 1588, and that at least......

Ignorantia Juris

SIN—Janus, in the Spectator of January 13th, delivers himself of a very odd dictum. He says: " Every Englishman is expected to know the law, and to order his actions......

Shop Stewards

SIR.—Having read Mr. 1. Reid's letter I still do not know what a shop steward's work is—or who pays him. Is he paid by the union or the " shop " ? I see he mentions the word......

Spare The Trees

a re loud and plaintive laments for the excessive destruction of trees are heard in the land, not least in Sussex. All sorts of people are held responsible. In one case a......

Country Life

WHEN the weather is warm in January, when the prunus, viburnum and iris are in flower, when thrush, tit, robin and hedge-sparrow sing gaily, when .rooks obviously pair and begin......

A Banned Crop

One farm crop, we are told, is to be much diminished in 1950; and the ban will put an end to a quaint little practice. Owing to the comparative absence of beef, pork and certain......

Sprayed Bees Wild Mustard, The Detested Weed Charlock,...

place in the annual report of the Rothamsted agricultural station, which is full of the in- genuities of science, physical, chemical, biological and the rest. It seems to be......

In The Garden

The crown of annuals, at any rate for the votary of vases, is the sweet pea. The flowering period is long—it rn‘y last to November— and how wonderfully the colours, especially......

"tilt Spectator," 3anuarp 19t1), 1850 In The Howling...

our Colonial Empire there is one bright and happy spot ; an oasis of good government, prosperity, and satisfaction, in the midst of a wide and hot desert of suffering,......