--- The Origin Of Lawn Tennis [to The Editor Of
the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In your issue of August 6th, which contains my letter on the above subject, the name of the inventor of lawn tennis is given as Major Hallor Kingfield,......
Thames Taxis.
It may interest your correspondents, who so rightly regret that the use and pleasures of the Thames should be so neglected, that a service of Thames taxis is now established at......
Death Duties And Life Assurance [to The Editcr Of The
SPECTATOR.] Sm,—The argument in your Insurance Supplement for ex. eluding death duty insurances from the values of estates prompts me to make a proposal which might be accepted......
Health Hostels—prevention Better Than Cure [to The Editor...
SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Lord Dawson's demand for health hostels has a particular force with regard to the treatment of mental illness. A sane policy would result in reducing the......
Latin Pronunciation [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...
add my support to the plea of Dr. Alington, Headmaster of Eton (in a letter to The Times to which your paper approvingly referred in its issue dated February 8th), for a return......
Public Executions [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...
the time come for Great Britain to prohibit the dreadful spectacle of public hangings in territories under our control ? There are wide differences of opinion as to the morality......
The Wasp Remedy.
One afternoon I was coming home over the chalk hill and met a labourer coming out of a field with a horse. In his hand he had a filthy looking bottle with a bit of crumpled......
Points From Letters
" MONK " LEWIS. I am preparing a study of Matthew Gregory (" Monk ") Lewis (1775-1818), and shall welcome communication with any of your readers who can give me information......
The Dangerous Mushroom.
We have been informed that the letter which appeared under this heading in our issue of July 9th, over the name of Dr. R. Ackerley, commenting on a letter by the Secretary of......
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