15 SEPTEMBER 1900, page 15

The Navy And The Marines.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR."] Six,—The letter of "Naval Officer" under the above heading in the Spectator of September 1st, when taken in conjunction with the......

Sir John Mandeville.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—When I read the delightful " Travels," I try some- times to find a key or meaning to their riddles. I have often wondered whether, in......

The Attraction Of Quakerism.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—Your article in the Spectator of June 9th and the reply thereto from my friend, John William Graham, came to me several weeks later ;......

Fear And Infection.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—In your article in the Spectator of September 8th on "The Plague in Great Britain " you say : " Whether intense fear of a disease......

Epitaph.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—These lines on a gravestone in a village on the Mendips are new to me :- " One less at home : The charmed circle broken, a dear face......

Henry Sid Gwick.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Snt,—There is one sentence in your admirable article in the Spectator of September 8th on Henry Sidgwick to which, so I think, exception......