23 MAY 1914, page 17

A Correction.

rTo TIM EDITOR Of TUN SPECTZTOR1 Sia,—I notice in your last number that Mr. Wells. in his letter re oaks, reproduces that very common misquotation of Garrick's well-known......

Islam And Progress.

[To rag .EDITOR OF TRX .. SPRCTZTOR...] Sts,—Like your correspondent Mr. Schaup (Spectator, May 9th), I have also lived amongst Moslems for twenty-six years, and without......

"scalp" Or " Scaup " P

[To TR. EDITOR or TIM SPRCTZTOV1 SIR, —Travel abroad has prevented my replying to the question asked by the Director-General of the Ordnance Survey—Colonel Close—in your issue......

[to Ts: Editor Or Tim Spectator:1 Sir, .—there Are Other...

people besides Mr. Steele and Mr. Roney who are unwilling to abandon their early belief that the roof of Westminster Hall was built of Irish oak, which successfully repelled the......

The Geography Of The Nightingale.

[To TUB EDITOR or TIM STIICTAToR:1 have read the article in your paper entitled "The Geography of the Nightingale" (Spectator, May 2nd) with the greatest interest. There is a......

[to Tii2 Editos 07 The "sracraroo."1 Sra,—your...

the oak, in connexion with the above, has an additional interest in that we may presume from the authority quoted—the Public Record Office—it is now definitely established that......

Advertising Health Resorts.

[To vs. EDITOR or TUB .. STReszT014 . ] Sat, — Your correspondent from Margate in the first part of his letter, in your issue of May 16th, asks me if I should desire to be so......

The Improvement Of Village Life.

[To TR: Eason or TIM "STSZTZTOR.".1 Sia,—A large number of people are working earnestly in various ways to improve village life, but owing to the increase of societies there is......