29 JANUARY 1916, page 14

1815 And 1915.

[To ms EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 Sin,—Perhaps few even of those who may be reckoned students of history realize how fortunate the late and present Governments have been in the......

Clement Vallandigharl

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE '' SPEOTATOIL1 Sin,—In your issue of December 4th you refer to Mr. Lincoln's distinction between the deserting soldier-boy and the " wily agitator "......

The Englishman's Pig.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:'] SIR, —A writer in your issue of January 8th asks what is " the origin of the superstition that pig's flesh will go bad if the pig is killed......

Women Workers On The Land.

[To THE EDITOR op' Tar. " SPECTATOR. "[ . . SIR, —In a stray copy of your paper I have just read the letter of a would-be employer of women for farm-work. One can understand......

"gang " And "sulky" Ploughs.

[TO MR EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. " ] notice in a recent number of the Spectator which, owing to the kindness of the Victoria League, comes every week, that, so many of your men......

Wendell Phillips On Prussia.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] Sur„—Wendell Phillips, the great slavery abolitionist of Boston, Massachusetts, whose effective use of historical allusion in public speaking......