Poetry
Iron Ore:' The .Old Santa! Spe.:ik THEV PE brOken . the hill the 'Saiitals . loved, They scarred it, 'ripped it, shattered it, kro:)oved Stark quarries out of its wooded side......
The Preservation Of Runnymede
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—! write to you in the capacity of Chairman of the Magna Carta Commemoration Committee, one of whose objects is the perpetual conservation......
Flying Pheasants
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sir William Beach Thomas's remarks on the blind flying of pheasants recalls an incident of some years ago. I was riding rather fast alongside a......
Curiosities Of Pronunciation _
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snt,—I seem to dimly understand why Dulwich and Norwich are pronounced Dulidge and Noridge, but I am powerless to grasp why Fowey is called......
Badger-baiting
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In a recent account of the performances of a pack of fox-hounds it was reported that when the fox had gone to ground a terrier was put in......
Electricity And Smoke
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,---In the last sixty years there has been a great reduction in London smoke fogs. The improvement is due in a great measure to stricter......
• A Dog's Vocabulary
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sur,—You have recently published letters on the Above subject, but what about the intelligence of the ordinary domestic cat ? We have a tabby,......