6 AUGUST 1927, page 17

Animals In Captivity [to The Editor- Of The Spectator.]...

may possibly interest your correspondents on this subject that wild birds and many wild animals will volun- tarily give up their natural freedom in order to enjoy man's......

A Proof-reader's Letter [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sia,—To criticize a critic who is not only a proof-reader but the son of a proof-reader is a risky thing to do ; and I would not attempt to do it were he not one of the......

Spare The Otter [to The Editor Of The Specraton.] -sin,...

respect to the otter's fish-eating habits, it has been stated that for the most part it feeds on the coarser kinds of _fish and also on . other denizens of the streams which,......

Poetry

The Singers SING, crickets, in the dusk, About my caravan, Sing loudly if you must, Sweet if you can. Sing from that sandy soil Where briers grow, To hide your little homes Not......

The Nightingale In Ireland [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sin,—May I answer a letter from " W. W." which appeared in a recent issue of the Spectator with reference to a verse or two quoted from my poem " The Exile " in a very kind......

The Art Of Attaining High Health

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The article by " C. A. E." on " The Art of Attaining High Health " is helpful and interesting ; especially so is it to one who, like......