A New Competition
We offer a prize of ten guineas for the best Ghost Story not exceeding a thousand words. We reserve the right to publish any contribution submitted to us. The closing date for......
Do Handkerchiefs Prolong Colds ?
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I point out that it is the excessive use of the hand- kerchief which prolongs the cold ? When, as in the case of a cold; the mucous......
The Tudor Succession
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your issue of November 8th a reviewer of my book on Wolsey says that I " refuse for no adequate reason to agree with most unbiased......
Points From Letters
PHEASANTS IN LONDON. A writer in your columns in the current issue says, " Pheasants were seen the other day in the Mall (perhaps strays from Buckingham Palace)." Pheasants seen......
Burns And The Biographer
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Mrs. Carswell's letter in the Spectator of November 8th is interesting and pregnant. She says, " On the eve of publication steps were even......
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