• Mixed Metaphors.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] hope I am not acting traitorously to the good cause in not resisting the temptation to quote a fervid orator whom I heard declare at the end......
The Letters Of Lord Acton.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sur,—I do not wish to trouble you with the general question as to the indiscretions or discretions of the "Letters of Lord Acton," but you......
"our Betters."
[To THE EDITOR or ring "SructirrOR.1 seems strange that English Nonconformists should have such an objection to the word " betters " in the Church of England Catechism, while we......
Dogs And Languages.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SE11, — YOU have recently discussed in your columns the intel- ligence and literary tastes of dogs. It may interest your readers to know of......
The Life Of Frederick The Great.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Siu,—The notice of my book on Frederick the Great in last week's Spectator suggests (p. 518, 1. 12) that British plans of battles are wont to......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]
SIR,—I cannot suppose that " betters " in the Catechism can possibly mean "moral superiority." How could a child judge who might be deserving of reverence on that score? As the......
Shepherds' Welsh In Cumberland.
SIB,—In explanation of Mr. Owen Edwards's statement that "Cumberland shepherds still count their sheep in Welsh," quoted by one of your correspondents on October 1st, I may say......
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