22 NOVEMBER 1913, page 17

The Absence Of Wheels In Nature.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...1 SIR,—The letter of your correspondent, W". Fletcher, in your issue of November 8th, reads like a modern curious, if not endorsing,......

Pise Buildings.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] have been much interested in your effort on behalf of cheap cottages in the Spectator, and desire to draw your attention to a type of......

"oil On The Troubled Waters."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In the Spoctator of October 18th a correspondent, "W. A. C.," a propos of the use of oil as a wave-stiller during the 'Volturno' rescue......

A Man Of His Hands.

"How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke ! " [To THE Enrros OF THE "SPECTATOR."' S111, — Nine years ago I made the acquaintance of an English- man who had emigrated to......

Birds In London.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Kensington Gardens have at present an interesting exotic addition to their more permanent avifauna in the presence of a bright green......

(to The Editor Of The Farmer's Weekly.) Sir,—in Reply To

your correspondent's inquiry re pise I built a kraal about seven years ago, which will probably be standing for another seven. It was my first essay in this country, and I used......