The Prescience Of Mencius.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] S rE, — Does not the appended extract from the fourth book of Mencius hit off the distinction between statesman and politician ?- "When told......
"tramps Through Tyrol."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sza,—Your reviewer says of my book "Tramps through Tyrol,' "For though clearly and concisely written it is lacking in sympathy and......
Check-mate : Derivation And Meaning.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The Indians had a four-handed game which they called chatranga (Sanskrit chatr=Latin guattuor=four, and Sanskrit anga=rank). The......
The Mighty Monosyllable.
[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR." I SIR,—In his recently published " History of English Litera- ture " Mr. Andrew Lang quotes as follows from " Certayne Notes of Instruction......
A Link With The Past.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Sin,—A few days ago I saw at Biddlecombe, a farmhouse about a mile and a half from Widecombe, a farmer's wife whose father went when a boy of......
Frederick Robertson Of Brighton.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—You speak of Frederick Robertson's lack of humour. Thirty years ago and more, when I was a curate in Brighton, I saw a great deal of......
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