29 APRIL 1905, page 30

Strauss's Progress.

(To THE EDITOR OF THZ "SPECTATOR." J have read with interest your article of last week on "Strauss's Progress." I do not know the Heiden- leben, but judging from other works, I......

Quotation In The "amusing Passage In Which He Declared That

the loyalty of the followers of the Prime Minister was only comparable to that of the creatures in the Ark." But are you not mistaken as to the source of the quotation referred......

[to Thz Editor Op The "spectator"] Sir,—i Have Read With

deep interest, and for the most part with cordial agreement, your article under the above heading in the Spectator of April 22nd, but the second paragraph, in which you maintain......

"far From The Madding Crowd " : A Correction.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—I see quoted in innumerable newspapers and reviews, including your own of April 22nd, a statement in a recent book by Mr. E. Downey,......

A Brave Thrush.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPBCTATOR...1 Snt, — As I write there is, in one of the trees in the garden behind this house, a thrush's nest, which has been the object of the......

Destructive Life.

I.TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOW] SIE,—Referring to the interesting article on "Destructive Life" in the Spectator of April 22nd, I beg to mention an illustration which exists......