13 JANUARY 1917, page 13

Not Neutral.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The enclosed may give you an idea of how I look on the Boches. Let me say right here that I am not a neutral in spirit. Had I two good......

Poetry.

Tans is the night of a Star. Dusk grow window and wall; A Cross unseen floats red o'er the wreck of war; Silences fall In the house where the wounded are. " Good-night to all! "......

Books.

CHARLES LISTER.* IT is not less than a privilege to be allowed to see into the mind and heart of one who went forth to meet his fate in this war as a bridegroom rejoicing. It is......

To The Writer Of " Christ In Flanders."

ON the battlefields of Flanders men have blessed you in their pain : For you told us Who was with us, and your words were not in vain. All you said was very gentle, but we felt......

A Voice From Australia.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " EIPECTATOR."] Sra,—Not long ago a middle-aged couple entered a Perth suburban train. Both sat silent, and the woman, looking neither to the right nor the......

The Barrett Inquiry.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — You have wisely printed that which every officer cognizant of the Army Act and King's Regulations has been saying during the past......

The Late E. A. Abbey, R.a.

[To THE EDITOR. or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,— Having been invited by Mrs. Abbey to write a. memoir of the late E. A. Abbey, R.A., may I ask such of your readers as have letters......