20 MAY 1905, page 15

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."] Sir,—the Witty...

the million-stamps superstition in your last issue pitches on to the horns of a dilemma the many charitably inclined sceptics who have received a current " snowball " appeal......

[to Tex Editor Of Trh " Spectator."]

SIR,—In an article in your issue of May 13th it is implied that there is no use for old postage-stamps. I beg to quote the following from a Girls' Friendly Society paper :— "......

A Correction.

[To THE EDITOR OF THY "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In the article on "The Magazines" in the Spectator of May 6th the reviewer says that Dante placed Henry HI. in Purgatory, non per fare......

Cheap Cottages Exhibition Fund.

THE amount of subscriptions and fees received up to May 18th for the Cheap Cottages Exhibition is £1,194 18s., in addition to £420 promised to the Prizes Fund, making a total of......

A Million Stamps.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I think I am able to throw some light on the " million- stamp " fallacy, or myth (see Spectator, May 13th). At least I can place the......

Music.

WAGNER'S "RING" AT COVENT GARDEN. THE recent performances of Wagner's " Ring " at Covent Garden, interesting and admirable in themselves, assume a fresh significance when......

[to The Editor Op The "spectator. " ]

SIR,—With reference to the article, "A Million Stamps," in your issue of May 13th, I should like to say that an aunt of mine did collect a million stamps (French and English),......

[to The Editor Of The ..specraton. - 1 You Allow Me To

substitute " about the fifties" for " about the sixties,'" in your amusing article, " A Million Stamps" (Spectator, May 13th) P Early in 1856 I sailed for India as a cadet in......

Poe Try.

THE FOREST FINCH. WHERE beech and pine, fresh leaves and tassels knitting, Fashioned a very shrine of forest peace, In quiet so profound we two were sitting, Earth's cares and......