[to The Editor Of Ted " Spneratoit."] Sir,—your Phrase, "
to abound in " (meaning " to agree entirely with "), is evidently reminiscent of the Freuch idiom " abonder dans son sons" (late Latin, abundare in suo aensu), meaning to......
[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."]
SIR, —The correspondence you publish on the reasoning powers of animals prompts me to write to you of the fine saying many years ago of a man in Colyton, Devonshire. He had a......
" Abound."
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " srxervron.1 SIR, —Perhaps when you said that you " abounded in every word hero used by Sir Edward Grey" (Spectator, June 1201) you were guilty of a small......
Tee Call Of The Cuckoo. [to Tux Uorrea Or Trig
"srscrocroir."] Slap—Until this summer the cuckoo has been to me" no bird, but an invisible thing, a voice, a mystery still longed for, never seen" ; but while playing golf on......
Do Animals Reason
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sita.--The letter's which appear from time to time in your columns headed "Do Animals Reason P " .......
[to Tdb Editor Of The "spiictator. "i Sir, —some Years Ago I
was walking along Upper Leeson Street, Dublin, and saw a King Charles spaniel standing on a doorstep looking up at the bell-handle and whining. As soon as he saw me approaching......
[to The Editor Or The "spectator. "] [to The Editor Or
THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The letter in your issue of June 12th interests me very ranch, and I would write to the writer if I had his address, as Thy remarks may not appeal to......
Boys And Bird's-nesting. R.r. Trio Editor Or The...
should feel very grateful if you could find space in the Spectator for a plea on behalf of the preservation of birds. I have been resident this spring in a Berkshire village.......
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