The Blacksmith's Stroke
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Though no smith myself, I think I may say that if your correspondent, Mr. R. W. Baker, next time he is at a black- smith's, would himself......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]
Sin,—The action of the blacksmith's hammer may be com- pared to that of a pendulum. There is a waste of energy if the hammer is brought to a permanent standstill at the......
Cruelty To A Rare Bird
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, —I enclose a paragraph which appeared in the Daily Mail of April 20th. In cases of this kind, unless a heavier fine than seven and......
Extract From Letter
AN AMERICAN ON BRITISH HOLIDAY RESORTS :—Mr. Lyman D. Davis, Chairman Foreign Relations Committee, Anglo. American Hotel Association (N.Y.C.), writes :—So many attacks have......
Chamber-horse
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Having just read Jane Austen's lately-published Sanditon may I be allowed to correct a mistake on p. 81, where " chamber-house " has been......
Professor Scott's Homecrofting Experiment
WE have to acknowledge a promise of £25 received this week from Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, making a total of £1,435 17s. Subscriptions should be made payable to the Homecrofting......
The Squirrel War
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] do not think there is much doubt that the grey squirrel has by this time acquired a foothold in a very much larger area than is generally......
£100 Prize For An Essay On Unemployment
Ax American reader of the Spectator, Mr. Gabriel Wells, has generously offered a prize of £100 for an essay on "Unemployment : Its Cause and Remedy." The maximum length of an......
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