22 OCTOBER 1927, page 18

• Poetry

The Yellow Hammer [The Scottish interpretation of the yellow hammer's song is: Deil, dell, deil take ye ONCE, within an elfin smithy Underneath a roof of withy, Lived a goblin,......

Mrs. Rate Of Milton Court

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I be allowed to write a few lines about one who for many years was a keenly interested reader of your paper and who never lost an......

The West And Transmigration

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your correspondent "S. L. T." asks why transmigration should be of the very essence of the oriental mind and so foreign to Western......

British Hotels

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your critique of the new issue by Trust Houses, Ltd., of Tales of Old Inns has been brought to my notice and I very much appreciate your......

The Boiling Of Coffee

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Barrow in the Spectator of September 3rd says, " ascending a mountain, the water may boil at 205°, and the results are good (for......

The Late J. St. Loe Strachey

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] • SIR,—The following resolution on the death of Mr. John St. Loe Strachey was passed at the recent meeting of the Central Committee of the......

Reading Rooms For Unemployed

[To. the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—A correspondent from Birmingham states that my reference to the reading room recently opened in Liverpool is inaccurate. It is the......