" Mother! Mother!"
/I.. THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—The letter under the above title which appeared in your last week's issue recalls to my mind a story told in connexion Ivith the late......
Vain Repetitions.
[To TEE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I have just finished reading an octavo volume of which the sufficiently striking title is, let me say, " Thomas Jacob- son's......
On A Word In "the Comedy Of Errors" (act Iv.,
Sc. 3). pro , r111: EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In a chapter on Shakespeare put forth some fifty years ago a scholar glanced at those who would corrupt into bob or fob a......
Theodorides' Epitaph.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIB,—There is another well-known rendering, more literal and no less melodious :— " Tomb of a shipwrecked mariner am I, But thou sail on ;......
A White Wagtail.
[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR." ] Sin,—For several days past we have seen here quite close to the house a perfectly white wagtail with a yellow bill. It comes with an......
Profitable Egg Farming.
[To THE EDITOR Or TIM "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—As an American whose profession is that of agricul- tural expert the writer was interested in reading a letter, from H. B. Buchanan,......
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