Dark Blue Spectacles
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR;—We Cambridge sausages are quite accustomed to being cooked in Oxford frying-pans ; as we eat pretty crisp and satisfactory we don't much......
The Gulls On The Thames
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut, — In the interesting article on London Starlings the writer gives a date (1890) for the appearance of the gulls on the Thames. I find the......
Flower Names
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Sixty years ago "variegated grass" was popularly known by the honest name of" Gardeners' Garters." I pro- test against Mr. Dearmer's......
Fourteen Hours A Day
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In its issue of March 13th, the Times Educational Supplement begins its first leading article entitled "Young Workers' Hours," thus :—"......
"courts And Camps In India" In The Editor Of The
SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In the review of Courts and Camps in India your reviewer falls into two errors. Miss FitzRoy alludes to the Pearl Mosque at Delhi and rightly attributes it to......
Poetry
TO A TAXPAYER • (After Robert Burns.) Knee breekit, gowfin' earl, sae clever, Wi' income earned by stout endeavour, An' last year's car whilk threatens ever To gang agley. Dell......
American Salesmanship
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—I am writing this in the hope that you will at some time or other find space for some information on the " sales " side of American......
Birds In A Town
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Some of your readers are interested in bird life, and may like to know that during the past week we have had a hawfuich and a great......
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