27 FEBRUARY 1904, page 16

A Japanese Domestic Servant On Ruskin.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."' Sra,—I enclose an essay on Ruskin written by a young Japanese, who is our one domestic servant. He is the son of a coal-merchant in Japan,......

Mixed Fiscal Metaphors.

[TO TIM EDITOR OF Till "SPECTATOR.") SIR,— As an example of misquotation, mixed metaphor, and muddle, I think the following extract from a Calcutta newspaper would be bard to......

Sir,—the Parliamentary Discussions On The Question Of...

labour into South Africa would seem to indicate much haziness, not to say lack of knowledge, on the great practical questions—moral and others—which such a course will be found......

When We Saved China.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.1 think your correspondent "E. D." in the Spectator of February 6th must submit to a further criticism. If the Forbes he alludes to was Charles......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator:i Si,—with Reference To

my letter on this subject in the Spectator of February 20th, will you now allow me to quote from Dr. Martin's "A Cycle of Cathay" (1896), p. 221 ?— " After the capture of the......