16 AUGUST 1919, page 17

Bell-ringing.

ITo THE EDITOR OF THE " EPECTATOR."1 Sni,—Your correspondent will find the following books useful : The Change Ringer's Guide, by J. E. Ackland Troyte; and Rope Sighs, by Jasper......

Poetry.

THE NIGHTINGALE NEAR THE HOUSE. HERE is the soundless cypress on the lawn: It listens, listens. Taller trees beyond Listen. The moon at the unruffled pond Stares. And you sing,......

The Sparrowhawk.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent Mr. Acheson is very unreasonable in his criticism of " Loosestrife's" remarks. on the sparrow- hawk. According to......

Books.

ITALY AND THE ADRIATIC.* IF Italy's claims on the eastern shores of the Adriatic are still unsettled, it is not thrmigh lack of information that the Allies hesitate. They have......

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