28 MAY 1904, page 16

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."'

SIR,—" Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end,' He said to men who were shortly to see Him crucified" (Spectator, May 21st). Did He not rather say them to the men who were......

Sir,—among "animals Which Play Games" The Saras, Or...

(Ardea Antigone), is, I think, entitled to a place. Some twelve or fourteen years ago, in the Shahjahanpur dis- trict of Rohilkband, I witnessed a dance by three of these birds,......

The Leaves Were Blowing Red And Brown Beneath The Beech

trees bare, When the Dark Maid came to our town With gold pins in her hair. Her eyes were like a forest pool, Her lips they were so sweet, Every man put aside his tool, To watch......

Pro The Edito/l Of The " Spectator." I Lovers Of

good light verse owe a debt of gratitude to Miss Gaiwey for allowing them to read so vigorous and admirable a specimen of the art as " Chillianwallah," in the Spectator of May......

The Late Mr. Gleig, Chaplain-general Of The Forces, Lived...

many years on terms of friendship with the Duke of Wellington. He first saw him in September, 1813, when a movement among the French across the Bidassoa led to a change of......