24 DECEMBER 1904, page 15

Each Christmas-morn To Dwell With Men, Though My Hands Hold

No precious things— Nor myrrh nor gold Of Eastern kings ; Though I've no part In gold or gem, Make Thou my heart Thy Bethlehem. WILFRID WILSON GIBSON.......

We Acknowledge The Following Sums Sent To Us As...

to the above Fund, and have forwarded them to the County Gentleman :- The Rev. Dr. Abbott ... ... ill 1 0 R. H. Stevenson ... ... 55 0 0 Margaret Evans ... ... 1 1 0 Tom......

Sia,—in Your Article On " Gentlemanliness " In The Spectator

of the 10th inst. your writer has not given what always seems to me one of the most compressed definitions in literature of the attributes of a gentleman, that is, from the......

The Rev. R. Bartlett And The Word " Squarson."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin,—The grave has lately closed over the remains of the Rev. R. Bartlett, who was formerly said by his friends to be the most popular man......

[to This Editor Or Tile "spectator. "]

Sin,—It is unfortunate that these two interesting articles should have appeared in the Spectator on the same day. I enclose copies of the Newcastle Daily journal for the 19th......

[to The Editor Or The "spectator. "]

Slit,—In the interesting review of the de Cr4quy Memoirs (published last May) which appeared in last week's Spectator considerable stress is laid on the uncertain authorship of......

It Involves No Disparagement To Mr. Hadow's Able And Erudite

collaborators in the great " Oxford History of Music" to say that the fifth volume, for which he is res- ponsible, is likely to appeal to a wider circle of readers than any of......

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

the Spectator of December 17th an allusion is made to the great dog of Ennerdale, in which it is stated that that animal was for several seasons destroying sheep. In Mr.......

[to The Editor Of The "seam:mm:1

SIR,—While walking across St. James's Park on December 19th about 1 o'clock I was surprised to hear a song-thrush in full song. Is not this extraordinarily early for the thrush......