26 OCTOBER 1907, page 18

A Literary Coincidence.

[To THE EDLTOri OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Surely a possible explanation of Mr. Rider Haggard's coincidence (Spectator, October 19th) is that he had in reality heard about the......

Crosby Hall.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPHOTATOR.1 SIR,—Most of us have by this time made up our minds that the London County Council, the City Corporation, the Livery Companies, the historical......

A Needed Reform In Indian Administration.

[To rim EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR "] SIE,—It is an axiom, and on the whole a true one, that we rule India more by the force of moral justice than by the force of arms. This being......

Undesired Correspondents.

pro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOP.." . 1 Stn,—The nuisance caused to many inoffensive citizens by the intrusion of undesired correspondents is becoming almost intolerable. Many......

Missionaries And The "spectator."

[TO THE EDITOR OE THE "SrEccamon:"1 SIR,—Several of our missionaries who are living in isolated stations would be glad to receive copies of your paper, and it occurs to me that......

Airships.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPELT...TOE:] Snt,—It may interest your readers to know that naval airships were prophesied at the end of the eighteenth century, but more as a joke than......

Poetry.

A ROUNDHEAD'S RALLYING SONG. How beautiful is the battle, How splendid are the spears, When our banner is the sky And our watchword Liberty, And our kingdom lifted high above......