16 MARCH 1912, Page 12

TENNYSON ON THE COAL STRIKE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—At the moment of writing it would be bard to stun up the situation better than in the accompanying couplet front " Locksley Hall"

Slowly comes a hungry people, as a lion creeping nigher, Glares at one that nods and winks behind a slowly-dying fire."