[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir, Mr. Noel Cornish
gives Protegee as the origin of the name Protezay. This must be an ex post facto explanation. The name Protesia, or Prothesia, is not unknown in Devon. Sir Thomas Bodley had a......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]
Snx,=your correspondents 40 . _not appreciate, when they compare bull-baiting with pigeon shooting, that birdi - do not feel pain like human beings or animals. ' In fact, I......
An American's Letter
[To the Editor of the SrEcto•on.]. SIR,-It is possible that my letter may get on your nerves, but it.certainly will not any more than the exaggerated ideas that privail in......
[to The Editor Of The Sencraron.]
SLE,—I received a notice from your London office in reference to , pigeon shooting at Monte Carlo. I was there recently for half an hour—long enough !—and whilst admiring the......
. [to The Editor Of .the Spectator.].. : Sir,—your Article
on children's names reminds me of to amusing instance. A friend of mine, visiting a_ poor hoMe where there was a new baby, asked the parents what they were going to name the......
What's In A Name ?
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It was interesting to me to read recently in your article " What's in a Name ? " the anecdote of the infant baptized " Virgo Maria," as I......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]
was interested in reading. Sir William Beach Thomas's article on pigeon shooting at Monte Carlo, and I agree with all he says, for I have watched it hour after hour with......
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