28 AUGUST 1909, page 17

A Misquotation.

[To van Norma OF TIM " SFBCTATOR."] SIR,—In your issue of July 24th, answering (otherwise admirably) Mr. Andrew Carnegie, you have omitted from your quotation from General Grant......

The Future Of Spain.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPBCTATOR.1 SIR,—I do not see the Spectator regularly, and your issue of the 7th inst. has only reached me to-day (August 19th). If I am not too late, I......

[to Thz Editor Of The " Spectator."]

find on referring to that most excellent work, "Flowers of the Field," by Rev. C. A. Johns, that " shoes- and-stockings " is the bird's-foot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus. I trust......

[to Tier Editor 07 The "ersozitos.") Reference To "w. L.

M's" query in your last issue, is it not possible that " Turn-again " is a corruption of "Mar/agora." P I know instances of similar oorruption in our own garden. Our gardener, a......

Poetry.

A TOAST. SEA-CAPTAINS, and men of the ships, You who carry the country's fame, You who sail where the red sun dips Or prison the utmost powers of flame And steam down Channel to......

Notice.—when Articles Or " Correspondence " Are Signed...

writer's mune or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with. the views therein expressed or......

The Hospital For Sick Children. [to The Editor Of Tim

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—We feel that it is a duty which we owe to those who most kindly took a leading part in carrying out the midsummer fair and fête on behalf of the Hospital for......