Ito The Editor Or The " Spectator.")
Sie,—In answer to the inquiry of your correspondent "H. C." in the Spectator of August 11th, I know of no allusion to ladies being seated first at the dining-table in any novels......
Ladies First At The Dinner-table. Ito The Editor Or The
"SPECTATOR."] 6111.—I hare seen " II. C.'s " letter in your issue of August 11th upon this subject. I would refer him to a delightful book I read not very long ago, called, I......
[to The Editor Or The " Spectator.") Sis—the Following...
in Pride and Prejudice (chap. liv.) would seem to indicate that in Miss Austen's days it was customary for the gentlemen to follow the ladies into the dining- room and to choose......
(to The Hones Or Rim " Becomes") Sin.—thy Following Extracts
are from The Honours of the Table, or Rules for Behaviour during Meals: For the use of Young People. London: Printed for the Author at the Literary Press, No. 14 Red Lion......
Fro The Editor Or The "spectator.") Sir.—in His Litter In
your issue of August 11th Mr. Powell ebserves that " hook-swinging is not, I believe, ' forbidden' in the sense of being illegal." In the year 1990, or thereabouts, the cere-......
"bengali Cults And Myths." (to Rag Editor Or The "
Sescrceolt."I Snt,—Your correspondent Mr. J. H. Powell (Spectator, August Ilth) is mistaken in his belief that "hook-swinging is not • forbidden ' in the sense of being......
Girl Guides.
(TO THE EDITOR OP TICE " SPECTATOR.") Sze,—There ore very few people nowadays who have not heard of amongst Girl Guides and the immense good the movement is doing amongst girls......
What The Soldier Really Thinks.
(To THE EMT= or THE " Specraroa."1 Sut,—In your review of Letters of a Soldier, under the heading " A Frenchman's Message," in the issue of August 4th, you write : "In these......
The Epidemic Of Adoption.
(To THE EDITOR GP THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sta,—Adoption is unknown to English law, but it may interest some of your readers to know that in 1914 or 1915 the Province of Alberta,......
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