21 NOVEMBER 1908, page 35

A. Parrot Story.

[TO THE EDITOR OF SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The story of the parrot on p. 711 of the Spectator of November 7th reminds me of an incident told me by the late Canon Courtney, of Bovey......

Poetry.

FLOREAT ETONA1 (November 18th, 1908.—His Majesty opened the Memorial Hall built at Eton in memory of Etonians who fell in South Africa.) What message do they send us, here,......

A Surviving Slavery.

[To vas EDITOR OF TLIE "SPECTATOR:1 Snr,—During the last six or seven years public attention has been drawn from time to time to the slavery still existing in the Portuguese......

Bloodhounds And Murder.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'.1 SIR,—Considering the general interest which has lately been manifested in the question as to whether bloodhounds can be successfully......

Gypsies And The Children Bill.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPERTATOR.1 SIR,—Would the Spectator give a hearing to the case of the gypsies under the Children Bill ? Their position, if the Bill passes in its present......

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