[to The Editor Of The "spectator."
SIR,—If there is no fear of our being invaded, why all this talk about rifle clubs, and the Militia ballot, and defending the " heart of the Empire," and so forth ? Certainly......
The New Battle Of Dorking. [to The Editor Of The
"SPECTATOR."] Sxn,—At a time when people speak, privately or in public, of a possible battle of Dorking, it is perhaps not out of place to acquaint your readers with the......
" Gunga Din."
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—When the writer of the article on "Asiatic Courage" in the Spectator of June 30th spoke of Mr. Kipling's " Gunga Din" as " a nearly......
Count Mo1jravieff And England.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—" Diplomaticus" is an able and a well-informed writer, but he shares the fallibility of human nature, and I am sure that further......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]
SIR,—Mr. William Crooke in the Spectator of July 7th has shown scientifically that "Gunga Din" is, at least, not "a nearly impossible name." May I add a piece of historical......
A Serious Defect In The Navy.
[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.' SIR,—While I agree with the general contention of " Sober Fact," I confess he seems hardly to justify his pseudonym by some of his statements.......