21 APRIL 1900, page 15

A Reminder.

[To THE EDITOR OP TOE "SPECTATOR.-] Sir.,—Perhaps some of your readers may like to be reminded of a wise man's wisdom on points that are of special interest to-day :— " There is......

(to The Editor Of Tue " Sprevcroa.") Sir,—in The Shrewsbury

School " Regestum Scholarium " (1502-1635) the first list (of two hundred and eighty-nine names) gives the name " George " twelve times. The sur- names are Howell, Roles,......

Municipal Trading.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sut,—In the Spectator of April 7th your correspondent, Mr. Alfred F. Buxton, states, with reference to so-called "municipal trading," that......

St. George Of England.

[To TILE ED/TOR or TIM "Sermerort. - ] SIR,—Mr. Stone asks in the Spectator of April 7th, " Was there ever an Englishman who named his son George before the Hanoverian......

The So - Called " Stupid " Officer.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Is the average British officer really stupid? Unwilling as Britain needs must be to admit the impeachment, she is in a strait oetween two......

Rooks In Hyde Park.

[To rus EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Has our old friend the rook (corrus frugivorus) returned to the Park It has been said that he took fright on the introduction into London......

[to Ter Editor Of The "spectator."] Sir,—some Years Ago I

transcribed a Tallage Roll of Bristol of the year 1$12. It is not perfect, but still contains the names of one thousand and seventy-three men. They bore between them fifty-nine......