The New Belvidere
[To the Editor of the SpEcrAToa.] Stu, -In my letter relating to the treatment of the Surrey Bank at Westminster, a rather amusing error has occurred. One passage reads "the......
American English
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Ervine, in his letter which you published in e recent issue under this heading, cites as evidence that the "literary language" of the two......
Tyrol Or The Tyrol
[To the Editor of the Sencz.vroa.] Sin,—In the country itself the " The " is not used ; nor is "Tyrol." " Tirol " is the spelling in German, and you may have " Nord-Tirol " or "......
Do Animals Enjoy Captivity?
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The two letters on this subject represent the two opposite standpoints which may be more or less legitimately taken in regard to zoos. But......
Swallows Kept In Winter As Pets
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin.—In Bewick's British Birds, 1847 edition, there is an account of swallows being kept as pets for several years by a Mr. James Pearson, of......
Poetry
Clarice A RIBBON binds her brow, . 'Ti's beauty's world-old wile, Nor less alluring now Than erst upon the Nile. Around her girlish neck White corals gleam-wow, Love's labour......
Cormorants At Oxford
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Apropos of the delightful article by "E. M. N." in this week's issue of the Spectator on " Birds in the Frost," it is of interest—in view......
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