11 JULY 1925, page 24

Poetry

C UPI D EXPLAINS MY son ! cried Venus once to Cupid, Come hither, child, and tell me, pray— I know you're anything but stupid— What method guides you in your play ? What makes......

A Charity Performance

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I call your readers' attention to a play by Mr. Lytton Strachey which is to be performed on July 12th ? The Dowager Empress of China......

What Britain Might Learn From America [to The Editor Of

the SPECTATOR.] have experienced the delights of those " machine. made " hotels in America, which Mr. Norman Angell describes so affectionately in your issue of June 20th. They......

The Care Of Sick British Seamen Abroad

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—There would appear to be grave cause for anxiety concerning the welfare of our sick mercantile marine officers and men, when they are......

Query Answered

" It chanced (eternal God that chance did guide) " is from the Faery Queen I. xi. 45, 6.—I am, Sir, &e., Falmouth. W. LUARD.......