26 MAY 1923, page 13

The Destruction Of Wild Birds In Italy.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Visitors to the Italian Lake District, walking on the foothills, may often have noticed semi-circular, pergola-like arrangements of wooden......

Poetry.

IN THE ALISCAMPS, ARLES. You see here in this leaden tenement The skull of Aelian's daughter, Aelia, A crumbled thing—you know the sentiment :- Alas ! poor Yorick I Ah ! Ophelia......

An Irish Burial Custom.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Recently, in the grounds of a neighbour's house, a man was shot by the police after curfew. Wandering home from a public-house, he had......

Luna.

Too soon the sunset comes ; too soon Opens the night its curious eyes, Greedy to watch the maiden moon Unloose her silver draperies And walk upon the star-flowered fields. Her......

Literature In An Elementary School.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The article headed " An English Master's Experi- ment " shows how two minds can work on parallel lines. A similar experiment has been in......