11 OCTOBER 1919, page 16

The R.a.m.c. And " Red Cross Men." [to Ism Ed/tor

or Ens " SPECTATOR."] Sus—In your issue of August 30th you have published a letter from "Non-Combatant Soldier " which I cannot allow to pass without criticism. It leads a......

Poetry.

THE SONG OF THE PEEBLES PEDLAR. As I cam' doon the water-side I heard the water on the stanes (I saw the brichtly-coloured stanes) But nocht heard I o' kelpies' manes, Nor saw......

Infant Psychology.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sre.,—As your correspondent Mrs. Reid appears to be one of those rare souls who are keenly interested in, and thirst for information about,......

Books.

SOPHIA DE FRANQUEVILLE.* IT is a commonplace of criticism that the best biographies are not written by members of the family. But there are bright exceptions to the rule. Anna......

Marathas.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Surely there is one error in General Pilcher's fascinating Pathan story, " In the Andaman Islands," in the Spectator of August 9th. He......

No _ Tice.—when " Carresixnklenci" Or 41.rtieles Ate....

name or peeudvnynt, or are •-• marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of......

Ght S5pertator

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