[to The Editor Op The "spectator."] Sin,—with Regard To The
point you raise in your issue of the 17th inst. as to Welsh sheep-dogs. They are undoubtedly worked in Welsh. On some farms a mixture of Welsh and English is the language they......
(to The Editor Of The "spectator."]
your issue of September 10th your correspondent " K." suggests a Celtic origin for the word "soak," meaning "dry." Some of your readers may be interested to know that in Sussex......
[to The Editor Op The "spectator."] Sir, — You Say In Your
last issue : "We wonder whether Welsh sheep-dogs are worked in Welsh." I think I can testify that they are not. I have on two occasions been present at sheep-dog trials at......
Welsh Sheep-dogs.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "8PECTATOR:1 have read your remarks in last week's Spectator wondering whether Welsh sheep-dogs are worked in Welsh. I have lately spent a month near......
Books.
AMID the crowd of war-books and "impressions" of this or that belligerent, we hope that this serious and informing study of Japan's aims and achievements by her own states- men......
Unconscious Humour.
pro THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—I extract the following from an estimate tendered by a Chinese carpenter out here to our padre, who needed a new pulpit for his church......
The Rat Plague.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Your article in last week's Spectator on "The Rat Plague" is of very general interest. If sanitary authorities and others would first......
"thinking" And Thinking.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE m SPROTATOEL"j Sin,—The concluding sentences of your article under the above title in your issue of the 17th inst. recall to me a rule which was, at least......
Poetry.
Where never burns the fierce white light of day, Where never laughter breaks their sadnesses; Only a sapphire dusk and sombre sky, And wandering mourning winds that blow across......
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