'popular Songs And English Humour. [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Brought up on Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll, I have 'long been a devotee of nonsense. Now, I am told that among the popular songs of the moment are three with......

Grow Your Own Food.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The letter from Mr. J. W. Scott under the above heading is a good example of the madness of—inflation, shall I call ? which attacks so......

Extracts From Letters.

NATIONALIZATION OF "MINING ROYALTIES.—Mr. Arnold Lupton writes :—In your issue of May 3rd you mention a report that Mr. Shinwell is preparing a Bill for the national- ization of......

Rich Germans Abroad.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—For the sake of fair play I would remind those who , find foreign hotels crowded with extravagant Germans that our country also provides......

Poetry.

CONSTANTINE IS SHOWN THE CROSS, AN owl in a tree-top hooted ; and he woke ; Then cast aside the lion-skin coverlet ; And turning softly on his couch of leaves Gazed into the......

The 'renown's' Passage Through The Suez Canal.

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In an editorial note to a letter from Commander Bellairs, printed in your issue of April 19th, you mention the passage of the ` Renown'......