7 JULY 1923, page 21

Etna In The Classics.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—References to Etna are frequent in antiquity ; and, naturally enough, a large number of these concern the volcanic activities of that......

Horace As A Poet.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In estimating the place of Horace among the immortals, it must be remembered that he founds his claim to that place not upon his Satires......

Stranded Asiatic And African Sailors.

[To the Editor of the SeacTATon.] SIR,—Some years ago—I think in 1915—I noticed in the daily papers a paragraph to the effect that the Annual Meeting for the Strangers' Home for......

The Winter Distress League.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I should be very grateful if you could bring to the notice of your readers the very practical work which is being done by the Winter......

Holiday Books.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —On holiday I find it useful to have one or two of those "books about books," such as Health's Lectures on the English Poets, or......