28 JUNE 1913, page 32

Country Roads In Jane Austen's Time.

[To TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'') SIR, — Your reviewer makes a disparaging reference to Jane Austen's prowess as a walker. Is he not a little severe upon her ? I could name......

Military Training In New Zealand.

[To THE EDITOR OF THU " EPECTATOE.'] SIR, — As I have often noticed in the local papers strange stories—said to have been published in English newspapers— about the harshness of......

Commons Preservation Society's Appeal.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Your article a week or two back on the work of the National Society for the Preservation of Commons and Foot- paths will have given......

An Insurance Act Conundrum.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTATOR:] Sin,—If Mr. J. E. Ward, who wrote to you in last week's Spectator, will refer to the National Insurance Act, clause 10, Section 4,......

The Navy And Invasion.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR..'] Six,—May I be permitted to protest against the assumption so frequently made, or implied, by the opponents of National Service that the Navy......