16 APRIL 1932, page 18

The Foundling Site

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,— IL is now sonic thirteen months since the Spectator, in an irresistible article by Major Yeats-Brown, put the case for saving the......

Ti N T Shepherd's Tale.

Rererri lig to Sir W. Beach Thomas' remarks about the Shep- herd's Tale" in your issue of 26th, ult. may I draw the attention of your contributor to a reference by HazJitt in......

Letters From The Windward Islands, Received On Thursday,...

population, slaves and freemen, in a very dissatisfied state. The slaves refuse to work, unless the Orders in Council are adopted ; and the masters refuse to supply the......

Points From Letters Red Cross Day.

May 12th ' the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth- day, is to be celebrated all over the Empire as Red Cross Day. May I appeal for the co-operation of all in making it......

Does Sport Employ The Mind?

[To the Editor of the SsEcTs.roa.1 Sin,•-- -Your review, in Which it is stated that sport does not employ the mind, of Dr. McBride's book,. The Philosophy or Sport, is obviously......

A Hundred Years Ago

THE " SPECTATOR," APRIL 14m, 1832. The Reform Bill has advanced another step. At seven o'clock this morning, the second reading in the House of Lords was carried by 4 inajority......

Poetry

The Sound Within WITHOUT misgiving, to be lest A . mile above the plain, . . Enveloped in a mountain mist, And the day dying. Each berry of the rowan tree With ghostly globe......

Etymological Dumping

[7'o the Editor of the Srw - weroat.) Sut,—In your issue this week Sir Martin J. Melvin protests "against the utterly sensel es s adoption of American words 'and phrases, which......

Emily Bronte

[To the Editor of the SeEer.yron.1 Sut,—Charlotte Bronte expressly says that in the character of Shirley Keeklar she attempts to portray what Emily might have been had she been......

Errata

• [To the Editor of the Sem-v.:roll.] SIR,- -In your reviewer's discussion of Nine Women occurs the remark : "Madame Sokolnikova puts the downfall of August 10th in 1793 instead......