22 OCTOBER 1904, page 15

[to Tile Editor Of The "spectator. "] Sir,—many "modern...

have read with pleasure and agreement your article on this subject in last week's Spectator, for, with all due respect to the Head-Masters of Haileybury and Repton, it is not......

Sir,—students Have Doubtless Already Noticed The...

book-moves " of Kuropatkin and Oyama bear to those made by Napoleon I. and the Archduke Charles at Eckmiihl. I do not refer to the manoeuvres which preceded that battle......

Sir, —knowing The Warm Interest That The Spectator Has...

first taken in miniature rifle shooting, I am tempted to send you the following striking instance of its value. Bugler W. Smith, aged fifteen, of the Watton Detach- ment,......

Sir,—miss Cochrane (see Spectator, October 15th) Wishes...

cottages for which we are agitating should all, or almost all, have three bedrooms. May I add a few words to explain why I hope they will not ? The additional bedroom, if......

A Very Similar Instance Has Just Come To My Notice,

and perhaps you may think well to record it. A lad of thirteen was charged at the Stratford Police Court about four weeks ago with begging. According to the Press report, "he, a......