22 JUNE 1907, page 19

Books.

SHAKESPEARE'S FIRST EDITORS.• "Did some more sober critic oome abroad, If wrong, I smiled ; if right, I kissed the rod. Pains, reading, study, are their jest pretence, And all......

The Union Jack Club.

[To Twe EDITOR OP THR "srsontroa."1 Snt,—We sing of the glories of Tommy Atkins, we cheer the outgoing troopship, and we raise elaborate memorials to those fallen in war. But......

The "spectator" Experimental Company. ?to Tee Editor Op...

SIR,—Your readers will, I am sure, be interested to hear some tidings of the men who enlisted in the Regular Army. Twelve joined the Somerset Light Infantry, and their progress......

Poetry.

A MATTER OF FACT. I HEARD the great frost catch the Lake; Its death-cry made my heart to quake ; Dull roar, shrill cry it raised again Like some sea-monster, mad with pain. I......

The Women's Holiday Fund.

[To TH. EDITOR or THE "srsersvos,"l Sia,—We shall consider it a great privilege if the Spectator admits into its columns an appeal for the support of the Women's Holiday Fund.......