29 JULY 1916, page 10

On Consulting The Dictionary.

A T seventeen one does it by stealth, ashamed of being ignorant of anything ; at twenty-seven and for ever after, if one is sincere, one keeps one's dictionary at one's elbow......

Letters To The Editor.

IRELAND, LORD LANSDOWNE, AND MR. LONG. [TO TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Slit,-I find it most difficult to go along with the Spectator as to the new policy of the Government.......

The Home Rule Scheme.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " spEcTATor....] Slit,—I read the " Appeal to Unionists " in the Spectator of July 15th, and have delayed writing expecting some further advice in the......

England And Australia.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sts,—May I, through your courtesy, extend a pen-and-ink handshake to " W. V. H.," who in your issue of July 15th writes ono of the most......

Correspondence.

SIR VICTOR HORSLEY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Gm,—Let me try to say something of what we have lost by Victor Horsley's death. I knew him for thirty years. There was......