6 SEPTEMBER 1913, page 14

" The Common Task." [to The Editor Of The "

SPECTATOR, " ] Siu,-I have read with great interest from time to time the details of busy lives led by British housemothers at home and abroad, and I think it might interest......

Valuable Wives.

[TO THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In the interesting article on " Friends : Active and Passive," in your issue of August 23rd, you refer to cases in which wives have a "......

" Moral " Or "morale."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, —Bellows, in. his pocket Anglo-French dictionary, finds space to inform his readers that these words are generally misspelt by the......

"the Ethics Of Receiving?' [to The Eorros Or The...

Siu,—A saying of Cicero is worth recording in this con• nexion "Animi est ingenui, cui multura debeas, eidena plurimum velle debere." ("Epp. ad div." 2. 6.)—I am, Sir, &c.,......

The Cottage Problem.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—Being interested in the building of cheap cottages, I am very anxious to get information as to places where squared chalk blocks are......

Poetry.

HIS NEW HOUSE. "Pax ingressuris Pas egredientibus esto, Incola Par cedes protegat alma tune . To you whose house and lands increase We say what David says, Peace be within your......

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