1 SEPTEMBER 1923, page 14

Some Parochial Stories.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Some four or five years ago a curate, who had been stationed for some time in a parish in the North of England, on leaving, was calling on......

An 'unknown Donor Of The" Spectator." [to The Editor Of

the SPECTATOR.] am asking you again as a favour to me to grant this request. I am a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and our Annual Conference has sent me to a new......

Poetry.

THE DANCERS. I DREAMED a dream more stable than the gross Pyramid crushing those slow desolate sands, Yet swift as time it sank into the sands Like a bright snake that slides......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Had Gone Into The

country to preach a harvest sermon for a brother clergyman on a week evening. His man was driving me to the station on the following morning and, wishing to pay me a compliment,......

Bird Parasites.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In his interesting letter, Mr. C. W. Early asks whether swifts are usually troubled with large insect pests. Gilbert White says : "The......

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or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of......

The " Spectator " And Its Readers. [to The Editor

of the SpEcr.vron.] Sm,—Having read the correspcmdence from others of your readers under the above heading, I also would like to bear witness to the way your paper is......