21 OCTOBER 1911, page 17

Poetry.

NIGHT-BORN. Tits fairest blossom of the light Was nurtured in the womb of night, An alien to the sun ; And to her bosom night must need. Re-call each love-selected seed When......

"fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' SIB., —This phrase is commonly attributed to Lord Mansfield, as being "its first and only begetter." I have no books at hand to enable me to......

The Word "raid."

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPRCTATOR."] SIR,—Allow me to point out (1) that in every instance cited by G. a M. (October 7th) the phonetically spelt word stands for the same object......

[to Ter Editor Or Var " Spectator."] Sie,' . 4 Should Like

to make an addition to those tributes in verse offered by poets to their mothers which were quoted or referred to in your article upon this subject in the Spectator for October......

Feasting And Fighting.

[To TER EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. ") SIR, — The formation of the Halsbury Club is to many staunch Unionists a disturbing feature of the political situation, partly because of......

Bedford College For Women.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Sva,—You were kind enough to publish a letter from Major Leonard Darwin some little time ago setting forth the claims of Bedford College for......

University English.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPROTATOR."1 SIR, — Readers of the classics, whether Greek or English, will be grateful for the trenchant protest against the "heavy, slovenly style "......

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