23 AUGUST 1913, page 19

Rating Appeals.

[TO TEE EDITOR OF TEX SPECTATOR."] Sia,—In reply to a query in your issue of August 2nd, may I state that it is the usual practice for the overseer or iuy_istnnbi overseer of a......

The Cost Of Living.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Have you not given incorrect figures in your article • "The Cost of Living ? Take Macclesfield, for instance • On referring to page 196......

Brevity.

[To pii EDITOR OF THE "SFECIII011."] Srrt,—There must be many of the old friends of the late Bishop Thorold who could give specimens of his keen and caustic humour. May I cap......

Wooden Houses.

pro THE EDITOR CP THE "ErscTITos."1 SIR,—In your issue of August 9th Mr. Hillson James writes of framed houses standing two hundred and thirty-seven years. As oak was no doubt......

[to The Editor Of The ...srecuads."] Sir,—if The...

of our seaside resorts can be induced to construct bathing-places of the elaborate kind suggested in the Spectator of August 16th, bathers will be fortunate. In the meantime, I......

[to Tee Editor Of The "spectator.'] Have Read With Much

interest the article on "The Ethics of Receiving." With regard to the question whether one can take one's friends abroad as guests without injury to their self-respect, surely......

Bathing-places And Machines.

[TO THE EDITOR OP TVS " SPECTATOR."] • hope your interesting article upon this subject will meet the attention it assuredly deserves. It must make authorities and private......

The Ethics Of Receiving.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—How ancient is the problem of "The Ethics of Receiving," on which your columns last week contain so