31 AUGUST 1929, page 9

Sir Richard Steele

[The bicentenary of Sir Richard Steele's death occurs on September lst.—En. Spectator.] " IT was said of Socrates," wrote Addison, "that he brought philosophy down from heaven......

In A Ranch Kitchen

I THOUGHT I knew Canada and Canadians pretty well. I had lived in Canada for nearly sixteen . years. I had lived, however, in cities and amongst people who were mostly British.......