3 JANUARY 1920, page 22

Mrcar.

[TO THE EDITOR, OP THE "I3PEDIATOR."] Sia,—After many years of reading (and lecturing on) /await, I have oome to agree with the statement that an eighteenth- century mind is......

A Hybrid ?

THE EDITOR 0* THE ` } 'Eterkesroa.°1 Sus, —I wonder if any of your readers can tell me what to call a bird that frequents ray garden and feeds daily on my bed- room window-sill.......

The Eviction Of The Mashonaland Natives. [to The Edit'or Of

tie " gererirott."3 Sis,—The eicellent letter of the Rev. Sheerly Gripper upon the eviction of natives in one part of Mashonaland is an indication of the serious pbgition of the......

[to The Edppor Op The " Speotator."] Si14,—i Am In

no position to say whethen..Lucan is read in our Public Schools now, but I remember reading the Pltarsalia in the Sixth Form at Repton in 1861 or 1862. This is impressed on my......

The Child Within.

iTo - rite Einton or THE " %mentos.") Sta,—The writer of an article with the above title in the Spectator of December 27th says that " No woman has Written any fairy-stories of......

Excess Profits Tax. [to The Editor Of The " Spectator."1

Sze,--T am afraid Mr. If. F. S. Morgan's suggestion in the Spectator of December 27th limiting profits on turnover instead of on capital is also open to a serious objection. A......