24 OCTOBER 1914, page 17

Paris Commune Of 1871, Says That "england Was The Cradle

of the movement which issued in the Commune, and in 1871 was its base." May I ask on what historical grounds this remarkable statement rests P—I am, Sir, &c., C. L. D. [Our......

Books.

THE GERMAN ARMY FROM WITHIN.* THE information of the anonymous author of this book is not quite up to date, but he has given us an interesting account of the life of the German......

The Flora Of The Railway.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — I read with great pleasure in a recent number of your paper an account of the interesting flowers that may be seen on railway banks......

John Dryden.

[To THY EDITOR OF THB "SrEcrAvort."] SIR,—Mr. W. Forbes Gray in his chapter on Dryden in The Poets Laureate of England once more repeats the common delusion of the poet's......

Poetry.

TO THE YOUNG MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN IN ENGLISH CAMPS AND TO YOUNG ENGLISHWOMEN. KEPT by their mothers, with no shame to rue, They leave their homes, the cities and the hills : A......

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