12 AUGUST 1899, page 13

The Latest Rumour From The Far East.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In your article on the above rumour of an offensive and defensive alliance between China and Japan you state that the rumour is possibly......

Reservation.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Sir W. E. Bowen writes in the Spectator of August 5th that it is "a matter of notoriety," a phrase apparently equiva- lent to "an open......

The Elizabethan Stage Society.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.] Siii,—May I call the attention of your readers to an appeal made by Mr. Sidney Lee on behalf of the funds of our Society, which was published......

The Puritans In New England.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In the Spectator of July 29th a correspondent signing himself George M. Drought sent you a quotation from some one whom he describes as......