21 MAY 1937, page 21

Sir,— About The Year 1902 There Was A Novel Called Sandford

of Merton in which I believe the untrained hero accomplished [To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] this feat of oarsmanship. I forget the name of the author, but I do not think it......

Red, White And Spain

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] Sia,--,---Trusted with the review of my book, Red, White and Spain, in your issue of May 14th, Mr. V. S. Pritchett, because of virulent......

Hawes Water

[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Today for the first time I saw the beautiful lake of Hawes Water. The approach 'from Shap is disfigured by masses of tin huts, and the......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—i Once Read Somewhere

that Ouida wrote of her hero— an Oxford man—that " he jumped into his College Barge and poled swiftly down the river." Is this also mere legend ?- Yours, &c., • CLIVE PARRY. The......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

fancy your correspondents, Mr. Keith Briant and Major Frank Savile, will find the passage that they are seeking in Ouida's Under Two Flags, ch. II, The Loose Box and the......

L'avenir Du Paysan

[D'un correspondant parisieni 7ENU pour la Pentecote, un ami anglais ne cessait d'admirer aci _burs de nos promenades les parcs a la francaise, avec !curs futaies rectilignes et......