7 JANUARY 1911, page 23

The Five Hundred Peers.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Sue,—Permit me to support your views about the much- threatened creation of Peers wholesale by a citation from one of the keenest observers......

F. W. Walker's Grim Humour.

[To THE EDITOR ON THE "SPECTATOlt."1 Sue,—The late S. H. Reynolds (editor of Bacon's " Essays " for the Clarendon Press) reported to me a witty parable which, as I am now at......

[to Tile Editor Op Tim " Spectat08."1

Sin,—The tactics suggested to Ulster in the Spectator of December 24th, 1910, though urged by one of the most earnest friends of Irish Unionists, could not possibly be adopted......

London Veteran Reserve.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—We desire to appeal through your columns to the many thousands of men possessed of a military training who are resident in the City......