14 OCTOBER 1899, page 13

Was Pallas Athene An Owl?

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A striking coincidence took place in my house to-day. A white owl came in at a window during the night and com- posed herself to sleep......

The Art Of Flying.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Perhaps you may permit one who had closely followed Pilcher's experiments for some years and was present on the occasion of his fatal......

The Rennes Verdict And The Dreyfus Case.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTA.TOR."] SIR,—As it is some thirty - eight years since I con- tributed my first article to the Spectator, and since then you have not unfrequently......

" Home."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE ''SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —I have had, and have, many relations and friends in various of our Colonies, and from a general consensus of their opinions I can......

After The War.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Those who talk about the disastrous results of a success- ful war, and of the necessity of keeping large garrisons in the country,......