16 JANUARY 1909, page 12

A Thames Backwater.

I T is one of the q uietest of Thames backwaters, and Perhaps the best time of year to see it first is the ) 2 1eaMi of April or early in May, when, if you choose, you 4 1,2V......

Correspondence.

THE NAVIES OF THE WORLD. V.—THE RUSSIAN NAVY. [TO TEEN EDITOR. or vrnc " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Ten years ago a supreme effort was made by the Russian Government towards the creation......