St. John Yin. 44.
(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sia,—Unfortunately for the ingenious theory of Professor Courtney Kenny that the nine Honour Mods. candidates had all read Dr. Moncure......
[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."] Sir,—i Beg Leave
to offer one or two very brief comments and queries on the letter of "W. T.," who is so severe on the alleged bad English of Government officials and others. (1) In his own......
Books.
ENGLAND AND PALESTINE.* Ma. SIDEBOTHAM'S interesting book on England and Palestine falls into two parts. The first is an attractive sketch of the history of Palestine from early......
A Question Of Authorship.
[To THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTLTOR."1 . STR,—Can you or any of your readers kindly say where the follow- ing quotations come from ? The last quotation is, I am afraid, "The......
Bad Language.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] StR,—Your correspondent " Retired " writes "May one finally raise the question whether there are any instances, in prose or poetry, before......
"he Tried To Make Beautiful Things." [to The Editor Of
THE "SPECTATOR") SIR,—I should be greatly obliged if you, or one of your readers, could tell me the origin of the epitaph in which is included the line : "He tried to make......
[to The Editor Of The " Spectator.") Sea,—" H. C."
asks, in his witty article in the Spectator of September 21st, "what amount of filling out can make 'as to' presentable?" The New English Dictionary, by anticipation, supplies......
Poetry.
AFTER FOUR YEARS. A. Prayer from Internment. [Nors. — On October 11th, 1914. some fifteen hundred men of the Royal Naval Division were interned at Groningen and Leeuwarden, in......
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or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree- ment with the views therein expressed or with the mode of......
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