26 SEPTEMBER 1908, page 16

The Dog As Altruist.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] 3ia,—At a farmhouse at which we have been staying a terrier, • Rough,' shares always his master's first breakfast,—the bread-and-cream......

Poetry.

THE FORGOTTEN RABBI. (" Nis memory for a blessing I") Ream BEN SECALON'S wisdom none but his scholars know. • (High let his spirit journey, e ' en as his flesh lies low !) He,......

An Unusual Sight.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOE.1 SIR,—As I was walking across St. James's Park between one and two o'clock in the afternoon of September 17th I saw a. large bat—it seemed to......

The Theatre.

• MR. BARRIE'S NEW PLAY. Mn. BARBIE describes his new play at the Duke of York's Theatre as a "comedy," and that vague appellation is certainly the best that can be given it. If......

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The " Spectator " Tent At Bisley. [to The Editor

OP THIS "'SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—I write to acknowledge the generous help given by your readers to "Lord Roberts's Boys" at Bisley in August this year, and I should like to give some......