2 NOVEMBER 1918, page 13

A Correction.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—A misprint in my letter which you kindly published last Saturday has considerably weakened the argument; for "thirty- eight " 'read "......

Books.

THE OLDEST STORY OF THE FLOOD.* A FEW little clay tablets, stamped with wedge-like characters, which were found by American scholars come time before the war on the site of......

Poetry.

WILLIAM GLADSTONE (COLDSTREAM GUARDS), KILLED IN ACTION SEPTEMBER 27ru. CAPTAIN OF His " TUTOR," 1916. BRAVE oarsman, of the gracious silence, loved By all, my captain, once I......

A Tribute To Our Soldiers.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I venture to say that the need for warm garments for our men at the front and in hospitals is one that must appeal to every loyal woman......

(to The Editor Or The " Spectator.") Democritus Min." Quoted

the admirable theological Limerick attributed to the author of .4 Spiritual Aeneid:— " There was a young man who said ' Damn! It grieves me to think that I am Predestined to......

(to The Editor Of The " Spectator.") Sir,—i Can Supply

you with another Limerick current in Oxford some years ago, authorship attributed, I believe, to Ronald Knox : " There was a young man who said, God Must think it exceedingly......

"gait, Laughter, And Apparel."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I notice that the writer of " Gait, Laughter, and Apparel " attributes the saying on which he bases his article to Peaeham, the......

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name or initials, Or With a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree- ment with the views therein expressed or with the......