22 NOVEMBER 1930, page 36

A Hundred Years Ago

THE "SPECTATOR," NOVEMBER 20TH, 1830. TAxes ON NEWSPAPERS. Sir,—I am inclined to agree with your correspondent W. that the revenue would not suffer by the reduction of the duty......

Cat Chasing Leaves

THE orange cat spins in the wind, Paws pouncing, where the leaves in a whirlpool Pirouette on frosted grass. And all around, stealthily, Over the luminous laurels of the avenue......

The Theatre

[ " THE TOY CART." BY ARTHUR SYMONS. FOUNDED UPON THE INDIAN PLAY ATTRIBUTED TO SUDRAKA. AT THE LYRIC THEATRE, HAMMERSMITH.] FIRST, and before a word of criticism, Sir Nigel......

Animal Welfare

A PERUSAL of the 1929 Report of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and of the speeches made at the meeting of the Society held last June, discloses how......