20 MAY 1893, page 16

Rooks In The Corn. [to Tee Editor Of The "spectator."]

Sru,—In the Spectator of May 6th, your correspondent, " A Member of the Society for the Protection of Birds, " mentions the usefulness of rooks in a cornfield. An old farmer......

The Cuckoo.

I.TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — In your article in the Spectator of May 13th on "Cuckoos and Nightingales, " you say that the popular feeling in England in favour of......

School-board Religious Education.

[TO TRH EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Six,—I hope that the Rev. Dr. Crosskey's solution of the problem of religious education in Board-schools is not, as he himself avers in his......

Smaller Livings In The Church Of England.

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR.] Si,—For many years I was a member of the Home Mission Board of our little Scottish United Presbyterian Church. We dealt with this very......