22 JULY 1893, page 18

A True "retriever."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Sin,—Your correspondent K. Clarke's account of "A Canine Guardian," in the Spectator of July 15th, has induced me to send you the following......

Poetry.

THE SECTARY. A HEAVY hand the bruised reed to break A foot to quench the smoking flax well shod, A bitter zeal, alert and keen to make The breach more wide betwixt mankind and......

Books. - When A Great Theory Has Been Built Up Upon

observations made by many different people at many different times and in many different places, and has grown into favour owing to the vigour of its advocates, the convenience......

Bird-names.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "Sreare.Toa."3 Sin,—The cock-birds here in Gloucestershire are always called "Toms," whether clacks, fowls, turkeys, or any other birds. The name is also......

Cockroaches And Hellebore.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR,"] Srn,—I should he much obliged if your correspondent, " Vexillum," whose letter in the Spectator of July 1st I read a few days ago, would......