31 MAY 1902, page 15

"linesman" On The Spade.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." _I SIB, —With reference to the most interesting article on the spade as a part of the " mechanism of war " which appeared in your issue of......

The Boers On Parole.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] saw in the issue of the Spectator for January 25th an account of the Boer camp in Umballa. I think it may there- fore interest your......

The " Empire State's " Game-book.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEM "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—Will you allow me to call your attention to an error in an article entitled " The Empire State's' Game-Book " which appeared in your......

The Legend Of Waterloo.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIR, —Mr. de Layen in the Spectator of May 24th objects to what " one of your correspondents writes " about the battle of Waterloo. I cannot......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator." J

Stu,—While reading with great interest your article on "The Empire State's' Game-Book " I noted the explanation sug- gested of the presence of the herring in Lake Erie,—viz.,......

The Education Of Officers.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." j SIB, - 4t is with great diffidence that I write to you. I should not venture to do so at all did I not know that if I have any- thing worth......