7 OCTOBER 1911, page 32

Painters And Myopia.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—From the internal evidence of their pictures it is clear that Turner, Constable, Millet, to quote the first names which occur to me,......

House-martins.

[To TER EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—During this summer several house-martins built under the eaves of our house. One fine morning we found three slightly fledged youngsters......

The Word "raid" In Italian.

[To TEE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR.`] SIB,—Your correspondent A. Bnlwer seems to be highly amused because the Italians, borrowing the English word " ride," in a special sense,......

Swallows And Martins And Their Nest Building.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR!' _I is the general opinion, I believe, that swallows and martins in building their nests bring little lumps of mud in their mouths, which......

The Referendum League: Preliminary Manifesto.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —The Referendum League has been formed to promote the following aims :— (1) To obtain a means of ascertaining the real voice of the......

Autumn Migrants.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —I was much interested in your article on "Autumn Migrants " in the issue of September 23rd. May I, however, offer an alternative......

Linn2eus And The Lapps. [to The Editor Op The...

Sin,—The Cambridge Professor of Botany in 1740-41 quoted his friend Linnaeus as having described the felicity of the Laplanders of 1732 in the terms given below. It would be......