25 APRIL 1931, page 17

The Terrific Dean •

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I owe your readers and two authors an apology. In my review of Mr. Carl Van Doren's Swift I made the unpar- donable slip of confusing the......

On Noses

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have read J. B. Morton's clever article " On Noses " in the Spectator for April 18th, with interest and amusement. But he brings it to a......

A School Without A Colour Bar

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In view of the correspondence in your pages on the lack of a sense of brotherhood to the coloured races, I think your readers may be......

A Sentimental Burglar

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—I have, just received anonymously through the post a very old locket which was stolen from my house the other day by burglars. It was......

The Cuckoo

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, —There is no doubt in anyone's mind that the eggs of the cuckoo vary considerably in size and colour nor that they generally assimilate in......

The Red Bird In The Green Park

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—If the red bird in the Green Park is entirely red, it answers to my recollection of the cardinal bird of Mauritius. The cardinal bird of......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator]

SIAM I see two letters in your issue of April 18th, about the colours of cuckoo's eggs. My personal experience of the ways of this most puzzling of birds is as follows : Along......