6 MAY 1922, page 13

Prime Ministers And Their Racehorses. [to Rue Editor Or The

" SPECTATOR."] Sia,—With reference to Mr. Sidney Beckwith's letter in your issue of April 29th, Lord Rosebery was not Prime Minister in 1904, and that (late is evidently an......

The " Armada Mercuries."

(To THE EDITOR Of THE SPECTATOR."3 Snt,—With regard to the note which you append to the letter of my friend, Mr. P. C. Yorke, in your issue of April 15th, I beg to state that......

Poetry.

EPITAPH. HERE lies an old red clergyman. I grant him kindly, staunch, and bravo : Yet wise mon cannot sorrow long That so much folly is in the grave. L. A. C. STnoNa.......

Good Music For The Villages.

(To vas EDITOR or TILE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—Forther to the matter of village concerts, &c. How very important it is that these should be properly carried out, if only from an......

Prayer Of A Young Man Seeking Wisdom Is To The

ardours of my youth Be shown a facet of the truth, Let me not use so little wit To make myself high priest of it, Believe it absolute, and blind My sight to that which others......

The Late Mr. John Sargeaunt.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " S9ECTATOR."1 SIR,— " They told sae, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead, They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed." Familiar......

The " Spectator " Charity Organization Society Fund.

Arm subscriptions sent to us, great or small, will be acknow- ledged in our columns and at once sent on to the C.O.S. Cheques should be made out to " The Spectator " and crossed......

A Rook's Cache.

[To THE EDITOR. or TER " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—One day last week, after the small birds had disposed of their crumbs, my two'companions and I noticed through t he drawing-room......

Unfruitful Money-boxes.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—A recent experience of mine when speaking to the members of a Women's Institute makes me think that though an attempt has been made to......

The Engineering Dispute.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You advise the engineering employers to " try to shift the dispute away from abstract propositions about managerial rights and . . .......

A Link With The Past.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—I remember well, when at Furness's School in Rugby, seeing a man with his feet in the stocks in the town, with a policeman standing......

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