Literary Coincidences
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I write to call your attention to an odd coincidence in Gray's Elegy and Byron's Childe Harold. The first line of the fifth verse of......
The Easter Island Statues
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Information has recently come into my possession which appears to indicate that certain native peoples were in the habit of fashioning the......
" Come To Britain "
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Britain has something to offer to our American cousins that no other part of the world has, at least for the majority of them, viz., that......
" God's Sillie Vassal "
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—A correspondent in a recent issue asks what is the intended meaning of " God's sillie vassal." There is surely no doubt about the matter.......
American English
_ [To the Editor of the Senciwroa.] --The Lancashire colliers all say " Yah " for " Yes," and always have, so far as I can find out. I don't know. where they got it from, but......
The . Vocal Therapy Society
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—The Committee of the Vocal Therapy Society, whose work there is good reason to believe has done much to restore shell-shock patients to......
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