17 FEBRUARY 1912, page 19

[to The Editor 011t The " Spectator.'1

SIR,—Similar earthenware jars to those in the Val d'Aosta described by Mr. Eccles are made in this country. About three years ago I saw some on the buildings of Swallow's Tile......

Poetry.

DEAF EARS AND MELTING HEARTS. (Dedicated to Dr. Horton.) THE Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking in the Strand, They wept like anything to see Home Rule so near at hand " If......

Bird-boxes.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SPEOTATOR,"j SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. T. E. Eccles, deplores the fact that in different parts of the Continent so much more atten- tion is given to this......

Books.

CHINA. IN TRANSITION.* IF there be in the eyes of the enthusiast of the peace- propaganda any advantage for humanity in wars and rumours of war, it must surely be in their......

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