Plants In Frost And Drought
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In last week's Spectator the writer of the " Country Life " section, dealing with the effect of frost on plant life, states that " leaves......
Points From Letters A Scots Proverb.
In the phrase " Friday's hair and Sunday's horn goes to: the dule on Monday morn," •the words hair and horn may have a reference to hair-dressing, e.g., " Here, tale how o'......
Lighter Lyrics
May Week O . DONS have cheer And wranglers be you glad ! Since Phyllis is come down, so gaily clad; To idle near The flowery banks of Cam, To eat asparagus and strawberry jam,......
The " Spectator " Wanted
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Srn,—I do not know when the Spectator was recommenced, but I always remember my father, William Edward Bartlett ; of Kensington, London,......
Subsidy For Opera
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—Why is it that musicians in general sit down in hopeless despair, and declare that a State or municipal • subsidy for opera is absolutely......
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