23 AUGUST 1902, page 16

The Raising Of The Imperial Yeomanry.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—In your " News of the Week " for the 16th inst. you make some remarks about the raising of Imperial Yeomanry for South Africa. Speaking......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator. "] Sir, —in The Days Of

my youth—some fifty years since—we children were invited to write the following lines from dic- tation :— " Whilst hewing yews Hugh lost his ewe And put it in the hue-and-cry;......

Mysterious Cognitions.

[TO THY EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. ") Sin,—Your article on " The Secret Transmission of News " in the Spectator of August 16th raises an interesting question. Mysterious......

The Increase Of English Game.

[TO THE EDITOR,Or THE "SPHOTATOR." . ] SIR,—Few, with the exception of those who are practical farmers, realise the harm which the increase of game is doing to this country. The......

Our Strange Language.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—In the Spectator of August 9th I observe a letter on " Our Strange Language." This letter abundantly exhibits what should rather be......