27 SEPTEMBER 1913, page 13

A Village School Competition.

[To THE EDITOR OF 2'HE "SPECTATOR.') SIR,—The day on which the summer holiday began one of the managers of our village school offered four money prizes for the most striking......

Major Pendennis.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SrEcrAToit.") SIR,—The gentleman who last week reviewed for you Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick's "Below Stairs" does my great-great- uncle, Major Pen.dennis,......

Canals And The Spats.

[To TES EDITOR 07 1112 ..srEcTeron.1 SIR,—In your article under this heading last week I venture to think you have overlooked one important consideration, and in your account of......

Old-age Pensions And Pauperism.

[To THE ED/TOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] am reluctant to differ from such eminent authorities as yourself and Sir William Chance, but I cannot agree that the authorities which you......