6 AUGUST 1927, page 14

Geneva

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—When business men seek to make an agreement with the representatives of a friendly firm, they do not begin by accus- ing them of......

A Description Of Thackeray

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—My father, Matthew James Higgins, a well-known contributor to the Times in mid-Victorian days, under the nom de plume of Jacob Omnitun,......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sm,—not Very Long Ago

I came upon a tawny owl hanging head downward from a circular spring trap which had' been set in an open space in the midst of a wood. The trap was fixed upon the top of a large......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Snt,—i Have No Defence

for the stupid mistake in my, book on Trollope, to which Lady Lovelace makes , kind reference in your issue of July 23rd. Fortunately, however, the mistake was pointed out to me......

The Horrors Of The Steel Trap

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] S.P.C.A. has for years offered prizes for a humane and efficient rabbit trap ; yet it has never been able to award a prize, nor to advertise an......