27 JUNE 1903, page 31

The Chinese In South Africa.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR") SIR,—With reference to "Britisher's " letter re Chinese and South Africa which appeared in the Spectator of April 25th, I should like to......

The Administration Of The Industrial Laws.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—There are two principal reasons why the observance of the industrial laws continues to be partial and intermittent,— in the first place,......

The Ethics Of Bird's-nesting.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Your correspondent "Eumaeus" writes in the Spectator of June 20th with a light heart of taking one or two eggs out of six robins' nests.......

Poetry.

PETRARCH (AS DESCRIBED IN HIS OWN WORDS—Epist. de Rebus Familiaribus, VI. 3). You shall behold a man from morn till eve Roaming alone, turf, hill, and fountain haunting, Shy of......

University Degrees.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Many " honour men " must have felt keenly how mis- leading are the degrees conferred by the Universities in these days. Long ago, to be......

M Usic.

A CENTURY OF FRENCH MUSIC.* THE task essayed by Mr. Hervey in his contribution to the "Music in the Nineteenth Century" series—that of tracing the part played by France in the......