1 MARCH 1913, page 17

First Conviction From Bloodhound Evidence.

[To THE EDITOR OF THY " SPECTITOB."] SIR,—I think that the following may perhaps interest your readers: At the Northamptonshire Assizes the evidence of bloodhounds was accepted......

Birds And The Cold.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-14 to the present time the weather has been so mild; that it has not been found necessary to feed the birds in the, Brent Valley Bird......

The Social Institutes Union.

[To THE EDITOR. OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] venture to ask for the interest of your readers on behalf of the above Union, which has now been carrying on its work vigorously, though......

Clay Briquettes.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Clay as a soil being widely distributed, some interest may attach to some experiments I made during the coal strike in this remotely......

Wimbledon Common Extension Fund.

[To THE EDITOR OE THE "Sracralos."1 Sin,—I will subscribe a guinea per annum for five years to the Wimbledon Common Extension Fund. Mr. Richardson Evans knows me, so there is no......

British And Foreign Blind Association.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Will you permit us through the medium of your columns to make an appeal on behalf of the British and Foreign Blind Association? We......

Jumping Joan.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—May I add yet one more note on the above P I was once told that when Handel was travelling in Switzerland he chanced to pass a country......

Scraping Down A Sermon.

[TO THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR." I SIR,—In the Spectator of February 22nd you cite from the "Cumberland Letters" a story of an unpopular preacher being "scraped down " by......