22 AUGUST 1914, page 17

America And England.

[To TER EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—If the enclosed from an American citizen is of interest to you to peruse or publish, pray do so.—I am, Sir, &c., E. K. P. " University......

Lifycenae.

POMPEIUS. THOUGH drifted dust entombs Mycenae's halls, Though drear obscurity is now my fats, Remember famous Ilium's shattered walls, And Priam's palace, lying desolate. These......

The National Reserve At Bisley.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sru,—What a contrast between the National Reserve Prizes Competition at the recent Bisley meeting and the correspond- ing contest of last year......

Poetry.

IDLE TEARS. MELEAGER. WHAT though the callous earth doth separate My Heliodora from her widowed mate? Sad tears, the relics of a shipwrecked love, Perchance may pierce to Hades......

"business As Usual."

[To THE Narrow or THE " SPECTATOR."] STN, —After a day of tension in the City, I had the great pleasure last evening (August 14th) of watching with my glasses for an hour a......

No Mourning For Those Who Die In The Field.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—If the country should decide to dispense with mourning wear for those who fall in the war, the economic effect would be to save a......

War News For Settlers In Remote Parts Of The Dominions.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " EPECTATOE."I view of the intense interest excited by the war in remote townships and on lonely farms in the Dominions beyond the seas, may I say that we......

Another Pacifist Protest.

[To THE EDITOR O' ' THE "SPECTATOR."] you kindly publish another protest to the one you so generously publirhed last week against what appeared to be a very ungenerous attack in......

Notice.—when " Correspondence " Or Articles Are Signed...

writer's name or initials, or with a pteudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the Mews therein expressed or with......