19 SEPTEMBER 1925, page 18

Rhetoric And Poetry

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] .Sut,—Your interesting remarks on rhetoric in poetry remind me .of an opinion expressed by Goldwin Smith when we met at the 150th anniversary......

Men And Birds

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] S1R,—I read with much interest your article in the Spectator of September 5th, entitled " The Cult of the Pigeon," on the growing love of birds......

The Sense Of Hearing In Birds

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sta,—Referring to the letter from H. A. W., of Mussorie, re- lating how the sound of the evening gun at Agra, fourteen miles away, was......

A Bird Story [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—We live in a house of French windows and own a grey Persian cat whom we think more human and intelligent than most of his kind. One day he ran in at breakfast time making a......

The Use Of Pole Traps

[To the Editor of the Sexcreroa.] SIR,—A recent prosecution by this Society for the above-named offence has shown the possibility that gamekeepers and even owners of land and......

Poetry

THE SONG OF THE HEATHER [Set to the air of " Brian Boru's March," by Dr. Charles Wood, Professor of Music at Cambridge.] A BLOSSOM there blows That scoffs at the snows And......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—With reference to the letter from " H. A. W." on " The Sense of Hearing in Birds," in your issue just to hand, it may interest some of your readers to know some facts about......