28 DECEMBER 1907, page 16

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."'

SIR,—The historical lines in question (Spectator, December 21st) were taught me by my grandmother in the "forties," and as her education ceased in 1785 they are probably......

The Poison Ivy Op California.

[TO THY EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The very interesting letter in your issue of Decem- ber 21st from your correspondent " A Sufferer " may perhaps create the impression......

(to The Editor Op The "spectator. "] Sir, —the Rhymes On...

and Queens of England that your correspondent is seeking are to be found in a volume of the " Little Library "—" The British Story "—published by John Harris, St. Paul's......

An Old-fashioned Rhyme.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—The request of your correspondent Mr. Charles W. Bell in the last issue of the Spectator called up the memory of early lessons and of a......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectitor."1

SIR,—I was much interested in reading the letter in your last issue about the poison ivy of California. I have had a some- what similar experience from another plant, the......

[to The Enrrou Of The "sp Rotator:1

SIR,—The rhymes on the Kings and Queens of England which your correspondent Mr. Bell desires to find (Spectator, December 21st) are included in a little book, Infantile......

Edward Lear.

[TO TSB EDITOR OP TSB NSPIOTITOR."] SIR,—It anay interest you to know that Edward Lear was a great friend of my father, W. Frith, R.A.; that he wrote some of his "nonsense"......

Rto The Editor Of The "sfecta.tor.1 Sir, — An Old Friend...

me that the lines quoted are from a child's book called "The Book of Infantine Knowledge," which also contained spelling columns, arithmetical tables, short stories, and .......