7 FEBRUARY 1914, page 18

The Casual Reader.

[To TM EDITOR 07 0115 • 'Sracrar0t''] • Sts,—" You're a amiably disposed young Man, Sir, I don't think," was said by Sam Weller to Mr. Winkle, not at Bath,......

Mr. Blikeney's "iliad."

/To we Enna or sus ••Srnrratot "3 Sia,—While cordially thanking you for the very brief but kindly welcome you have been good enough to give to my annotated version of Homer's......

The Battle Of Culloden.

[To na EDITHE or ems .. Eractrzos.") SIB, —My attention has been drawn to the fact that, in tle interesting review of my book, Macdonald of the Isles, which appeared in your .......

Books.

FRENCH CIVILIZATION.• DE TOCQUE VILLE once remarked that France would possibly always continue to inspire feelings amongst other nations alternating from the extreme of sympathy......

" To Grouse."

[To ram Eamon or rus 013rsorsros."] SIR,—I have wondered often as to the derivation of the expression "to grouse," which is used frequently, especially in military circles, for......

Poetry.

DODO, 1903 - 1913. HERE lies a little dog who now Asks nothing more of man's goodwill Than the grey stone that tells you how She loved the friends who love her still. ARTHUR......

Customs Of The World.

[To res Runes or Ise Srecrsros."1 Stn,, —As my friend Miee Montray Read, author of the article on the British Isles in Mr. Hutchinson's Customs of the World, is away from home......

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