26 NOVEMBER 1927, page 18

Poetry

The Scribe ARISE, Saint Aodh, and find, on rising From that stone bed and quilt of rain, Your fish-plate laden by the otter, While dormice glean your share of grain. Come slip......

A Use For Foreign Stamps In Schools

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] am asked by a friend and former pupil to write a "covering letter " which may serve to commend the communi- cation given below. The course......

The Migration Of Birds

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sht,—In your issue of September 17th, Sir William Beach Thomas discusses the migration of birds and mentions the case of Benjamin Kidd's cuckoo......

Postmarks [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sm,—perhaps...

your readers can tell me if there is a market for postmarks. I have, as the co-executor of a small estate, some to dispose of, if possible, dating from 1827 before stamps came......

Advice To Young Journalists [to The Editor Of The...

Snt,—In replying to Mr. Max Pemberton's ingenious defence of schools of journalism, I am somewhat embarrassed by the fact that, as the mouthpiece of the Institute of......