23 JANUARY 1904, page 19

Sir,—i Was Surprised In Reading Your Article On The Above

subject in the Spectator of January 2nd to see " policemen " amongst the sundry recipients of the doles you there allude to. It would be interesting to know if your writer in......

[to The Editor Op Me "bintrzaroa.."]

SIR,—In the article on the above subject in the Spectator of January 2nd, have not three very real worries inseparable from the present system of " tipping " been left out of......

Sra,—i Think The Writer Of The Article Thus Headed In

the Spectator of January 9th is in error when he attributes to Southey that statement which called forth the Quaker lady's searching question. Surely it was S. T. Coleridge who......

Sir, &c., Chas. Baker. The Vicarage, Matlock Bath.

POETRY.......

Quoth Caspar: "we Have Found The Place. Why Tread The

long road o'er again ? We who were dead, Need we return where roses bloom and fail, And all life's petals are in darkness shed ? Here would I stay, a tireless worshipper, Here......

Jena Or Sedan ?

THE Englishman who is acutely distressed by the report of shortcomings in the German Army can hardly be human. The frank pleasure which the Germans took in our troubles is too......