[to Elm Emma Or The ^sermaror.."11 Sir,—i Suppose A "
howler " may be perpetrated in spelling as well as in speech. If so, one has lately come to me from a boy who, baying in a dictation lesson to write the word "wife," spelt it......
The Approaches To Box Hill.
[To nes EDITOR or me "Brecrerort. - J Stn,—May I enlist your sympathy for space to raise a matter which should interest all who know and love Box Hill ? The front of the hill......
The Alleged Atrocities By Epirot Insurgents.
[To Tile EDITOR or roe “Eescesroe."1 SIR; I am sorry to see, from your issue of the 18th inst., that my letter contradicting the alleged atrocities by Epirots was addressed to......
The Boys' Country Work Society. [to Rue Eamon Or Nut
.tireersron...) SIR, — It is to be hoped that Lord Fortescne's appeal in the Spectator of last week in aid of this admirable Society may meet with an adequate response. I adopt......
[to Tes Editor Or Till Sib, With Reference To The
corrections in your last two issues of your contributor's statement that the nightingale is never heard west of the Severn, be might have quoted the authority of Giraldus......
110 Wlers.
[To TIM EDITOR OF TR. SPRCTATOR,"] SIE, — During the last General Knowledge Examination held at one of the first public schools occurred the following " howlers ": " George......
Poetry.
OXFORD IN MAY. Tan motors hum along the High, And out of wide-flung windows blown A husky and a strangled cry Bewrays the gramophone. The 'Transatlantic tourist, primed With......
(to Ens Eorroo Or Ran ••srrcroros.••1 Sin,—your Story Of...
the tinomies " reminds me of the following experience of my own. As a child I well recall hearing my sisters, older than myself, reciting daily to their governess Cowper's lines......
Nottc8.—when " Correspcmdence " Or Articles Are Signed...
writer's name or initials, or with a p,andengen, or are marked " Communicated," the Railer must not neseaserilp be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or......
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