29 AUGUST 1925, page 14

The Blacksmith's Stroke [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

• do not know whether attention has ever been drawn to the blacksmith's habit of striking on the anvil only between the strokes on the metal ; or what it is that prompts such a......

The Sense Of Hearing In Birds

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I read with much interest the article on " The Speech of Birds" in your issue dated June 13th, which I have just re- ceived. On page 968......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—i Have Been So

impressed with Professor Scott's recent appeal in your columns for help both in advice and details of organization—an appeal directed in particular to the business and......

Poe Try

A MORNING MOOD NOTHING unnatural occurred to-day. The larks were singing while the trees were yet Night-shrouded, and with heavy nightdamp wet. The goslings stuttered in their......

The Squirrel War [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sin,—just

as I was contemplating a letter to your paper about the native red squirrel I see the article by " E. M. N.,'' and rejoice to see it. Can nothing be done systematically and at......

Homecroft Settlement Fund [to The Editor Of The...

my return from abroad I find a misprint in the letter I sent you last month which somewhat alters my meaning. I wrote " I am delighted to read that Professo r Scott is starting......

£100 Prize For An Essay On Unemployment An American Reader

of the Spectator, Mr. Gabriel Wells, has generously offered a prize of £100 for an essay on "Unemployment : Its Cause and Remedy." The maximum length of an essay is 1,200 words,......