[to The Editor Or The "spectator. "]
SIR,—Will you permit me to point out the impossibility that the name of the Buokinghamshire village of Wooburn should bear the meaning "Woe-bourne," as is suggested by " Bucks"......
Woe Water.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] it a fact that certain of the intermittent streams of Southern England were designated by some name equivalent to " Woe Water " P That such......
Mrs. Ford Of Pencarrow.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sra,—When conversing to-day about the late Mrs. Ford of Pencarrow, with whom I was most intimately associated for many years, I was informed......
A Human Bird Of Passage. [to The Editor Of The
" SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The late presentment on the stage of the reasoning and talkative bird (" animal rationale, bipes, non implume ") draws well-trained scholars to the reperusal......
" Elektra."
THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Srn, — Will you allow me to thank you and "C. L. G." for his admirahle article on Strauss's Elektra published in your issue of the 12th inst. ?......
Chances Of A Field Naturalist.
[To ma EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I can confirm the accuracy of your conjecture in last week's Spectator that those most familiar with woodcock seldom see the parent carry......
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