18 OCTOBER 1902, page 15

The Physical Deterioration Of The Nation.

[To TILE EDITOR OF TIIR ''SPECTAT0R21 SIR,—In the light of our present agricultural difficulties, I am by no means an impassioned advocate for Free-trade; but as one who knows......

The Defence Of The Empire.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR"] SIR, — It would seem to be a very general opinion that if we were once possessed of an overwhelming Navy—that is, of a Navy equal to any three......

[to The Editor Of Tee " Sprctator."1

have waited a week, hoping that somebody of higher authority than myself in matters of hygiene would correct the fallacy in Major M. Collie's reference to the work of the......