6 OCTOBER 1917, page 12

Captain Bowen-colthubst. Ito Rat E//0004 Or Set...

the previous lettere to the Spectator about Captain Bowen-Colthuret, I shOuld like to point out an aspect of the cruse which may have escaped the justice-loving British public.......

Et A Fighting Man.—i Nm, Sir, He., His Father.

" A funny thing about me is that whenever I am inn any strain ef any sort, my- mind invariably runs to some strange poem. In tl:c trenchea, before dawn, One words of Clough- '......

" Nelson's Last Diary."

(To THE EDITOR. OF THE " SPECTATOR...3 61R,—Referring to the review you kindly gave this book in your issue of September ?Ind, you may perhaps be interested to !earn that a full......

Poetry.

WINGS. Up from the earth he speeds on rushing wings, Conquering regions, of uncharted air; Nor as a timid Daedalus he springs From height to dizzy height to do and dare; To seek......

Blind Samsons.

(To me Eorrox or me " Sescrarox."1 Sin,—The Agonistes was undoubtedly written by the blind Milton, but the SO1178011 oratorio was not composed by the blind Handel, as seems to......

National Home-reading Union.

[To me EDITOR or ens " Sewriron."I Pm—We desire to call attention to the work which the National Home-Reading Union is carrying on during its fourth War Session, and to appeal......

Books.

THE SOUTHERN SLAVS.* Tim war cross out of the Southern Slav question, and it will not end until that question is solved. It is desirable, then, that English people should learn......

Notice.-1when" Correepondence" Or Articles Are Signed...

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