3 DECEMBER 1898, page 14

Squirrels Feeding Sheep.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Wandering many years ago in the then Lord Skelmers- dale's park near Ormskirk, my attention was drawn to the eccentric movements of......

The Sense Of Direction In Animals.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—A friend of mine told , me some years ago that he had had some Scotch cattle conveyed direct by rail from Scotland to the south of the......

Mr. Gladstone On Shakespeare.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Some years since I had the great pleasure of meeting Mr. Gladstone at dinner. One of the other guests asked him whether it was true......

A "bull" Indeed.

[To THE EDITOR OF TILE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Here is a complication of " bulls."—A witness in the Courts here the other day was asked : " Was Michael Flaherty your grandfather F"......

The Life Of Shakespeare.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—I quote below a passage from Saint-Evremond in which he describes a state of feeling parallel to that to which expres- sion is given in......

Mr. Gladstone And Mr. Browning.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—In a letter to the Spectator of November 26th, Canon MacColl has impugned my statement that Mr. Gladstone applied the words, "I call it......

A Cat And Dog Story.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In reference to your interesting article on "Benevo- lence in Animals " in the Spectator of October 15th, the following incident may......

[to Tier Editor. Or Tr. Eprctaltor."1 Sir,—i Have Just Read

the letter signed " Catholicus " in the Spectator of November 19th, and my emphatic comment upon it is that which you yourself make in a few pregnant remarks. "Our only fear,"......