30 NOVEMBER 1918, page 16

Admiral Beatty's Signal.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] does not appear to have been noticed that Admiral Beatty's signal to the Fleet, after the surrender of the German ships, in which he states......

Children's Prayers.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Having read in last Saturday's Spectator three prayers for children sent in by one of your correspondents, I wonder if any of your......

Poetry.

THE SMELLS OF HOME. I SHUT the door and left behind The reek of wounds—the cries Of "Sister! Sister! Go steady, Sister,"— The hateful sight of flies That come like mourners......

Gibbon And The House Of Hapsburg. [to Thz Editor Or

THE " SPECTATOR."] Sze,—Now that the oldest reigning Royal House in the world, the House of Hapsburg, has ceased to hold sway, it is interesting to recall the famous quotation......

Mrs. Humphry Ward And The Arnolds. [to The Editor Of

THE " SPEETRroit."] SAS,—In reading Mrs. Humphry Ward's very interesting Recollec- tions of Matthew Arnold and Tom Hughes I was reminded of an essay on a kindred subject which I......

The Beauties Of The Welsh Vales.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] gie,—It is a pity that correspondents so frequently omit the initials of an author whose work is quoted, together with the data of......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."]

Sin,—Surely Lady Glenconner is mistaken. The first two stanzas she quotes of " Jeremy Taylor's evening hymn " are from Bishop Ken's well-known evening hymn. As she writes them......

(to The Editor Of The " Spectator.") Sir,—it Is Regrettable

that almost all children's prayer-verses refer to the fears and dangers of darkness. The truth of the matter is to the contrary—the child at last in bed is safer than it has......

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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- mant with the vieuts therein expressed or with the......