5 AUGUST 1911, page 17

Veteran Reserve.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—I notice in your issue of the 22nd instant a reference to the Scottish Veteran Reservists who were inspected by His Majesty the King. I......

Trout Streams.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR—I am delighted to learn that your correspondent "R. K. H " finds Test trout "of pink flesh and very good to eat." I have never seen one......

The Words " Nine " And "new."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Looking back to your issue of July 8th I notice that Mr. Mayhew just misses " the mark." He is right in saying that "eight" (oktou) is......

Which P

" BIRTH-DAT or Earth-day, Which the true mirth-day P Earth-day or birth-day, Which the well-worth day?"......

Notice.—when "correspondence" Or Articles Are Signed With...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with The mode of......

" Doth."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Yonr correspondent, Mr. Howard Candler, says "doth" is "probably plural," instancing "The Holy Church dot h acknow- ledge Thee." If......

The Naples Society For The Protection Of Animals.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Would you kindly spare the space to acknowledge the receipt of £1 from " A reader of the Spectator and a great lover of animals " to......

The Vigesimal And Decimal Scales.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Surely the co-existence of the vigesimal and decimal scales can be explained by reference to the circumstances in which they......

Florence.•

APRIL FIRST. " Conn, let us be the willing fools Of April's earliest day, And dream we own all pleasant things The years have reft away. 'Tis but to take the poet's wand, A......

Mental Activity And Memory.

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR.") find in the Spectator, page 65, on July 8th of this year a brief article which seems to be a statement in regard to some verse dreamed and......