19 MARCH 1904, page 18

Sims Reeves And The German "lied."

ITO TRH EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In the very interesting article on the German Lied in the Spectator of February 27th there is an allusion to Sims Reeves as a singer of......

Royal Normal College And Academy Of Music For The Blind:

AN APPEAL. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIE,—Will you allow me through your columns to call atten- tion to the great and pressing needs of the Royal Normal College and......

Poetry.

SHAKESPEARE AND BACON. SAID Hood : " I know, if I'd a mind, I could like Shakespeare write, And soon could prove to all mankind How well I can indite ; And yet," remarked this......

Anglo-saxons And The Bible.

[TO TUE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Si,—In your very interesting article on "Anglo-Saxons and the Bible" in the Spectator of March 12th, surely it ought not to have been assumed......

Books.

SARAH JENNINGS.* MRS. COLVILLE would have written a far better book if she had more accurately distinguished biography from history. Many erudite writers have done their best to......

Indian Sympathy With The Japanese.

[TO TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Concerning your note on Indian sympathy with the Japanese (Spectator, March 12th), may I—as one of the owners of the Times of India,......