5 SEPTEMBER 1896, Page 15

THE INTERROGATIVE BORE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR?') SIR,—The example given by you, in the Spectator of August 29th, of a cornered schoolmaster answering one question by another, reminds me of a similar case. My schoolmaster had recently returned from a very short visit to Norway, and was asked,—" Did you find any of the old Norse spirit still surviving P "—A. "What du you understand by the old Norse spirit?" And the questioner collapsed.—I am, Sir, &c.,