20 JULY 1912, page 18

" Mother ! Mother!"

[TO THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR."] $i&,—Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, in his book entitled From Midshipman to Field-Marshal" (chap. ix.), narrates the following incident......

The Boys' Brigade: Seaside Camps For London Boys.

[To THE EDITOR OF TILE "SPECTATOR."' Sia,—Preparations are now being made fer_ the annual camps of the Boys' Brigade, and it is anticipated that no fewer than 20,000 boys of......

A Correction.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE,—While thanking you for your notice of "The Oracles in the New Testament" last week, will you let me say that I had there pointed out the......

A Hare And A Cat.

[TO THR EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' SIR, —As a very old reader of the Spectator I am taking the liberty of sending you a description of a very interesting little incident which......

Australian Birds.

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."' may interest some of your readers to know that I heard the thrash for the first time this season, about 8 a.m., on June 3rd—Sing George's......

Some Clerical Dilemmas.

[To TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...1 Sin,—" H. H. S.," in his humorous description of the difficulties that beset the preacher, has not mentioned one fact that seems to me to......

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[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

Sin,—Replying to your correspondent" V. N.," allow me space to say that my mother, a few hours before her death, said to me, "I want my mother—I have never wanted her so badly......