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ROBERT BURNS.* " DON'T be afraid," said Burns a few days before his death, "I'll be more respected a hundred years after I am dead than I am at present." The poet was a true......
The London Sparrow.
G REAT numbers of the London sparrows are now deserting the streets and houses for the ever-in- creasing area of public gardens, parks, and squares. There they nest by......
Mr. Augustine Birrell And County Councils.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR "] Sra,—Mr. Augustine Birrell, having learnt what County .Councillors are not, may like to know what they are. Let me take my own county. The......
The Moscow Disaster. [to The Editor Of The " Spectator. "]
SIE,—In your " News of the Week " of June 6th you can recall nothing to equal the Moscow tragedy except that at Fidena3. A -disaster strangely parallel to that at Moscow......
Letters To The Editor.
THE AGRICULTURAL LAND RATING BILL. [To rien Barron or min • Brscraron."] Sin,—Sir H. Fowler, M.P., is reported in the East Anglian Times of June 8th as having told his audience......
Poetry.
A KENTISH SCENE. JUST where the London road dips down To rise once more through Harbledown, Where, underneath the woods of Blean, The sheltered hops grow dark and green, Where......
J. Goldsmid, C.b., One Of The First Living Authorities On
Persia. The letter was, owing to a misprint, signed W. J. Goldsmid.]......
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