27 FEBRUARY 1904, page 17

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......

The Question Of Tibet.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR, — In your article, "The Question of Tibet" (Spectator, February 13th), you write, as to the prospect of Russia giving trouble on the......

Ledger And Sword.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—In the review of Mr. Beckles Wilson's "Ledger and Sword" in the Spectator of February 20th it is stated that "it was in India that many......

Is The Taste For Poetry Declining?

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sur,,—I cannot help thinking that the number of educated people who have practically given up the serious reading of poetry is considerably......

Compassion.

[TO TEIE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR.") send you a pamphlet by which, on pp. 11-15, you will see that Ruskin, one of the truest Christians I have known, shared the convictions......

The Over-representation Of Home-rule.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-1 your correspondent "R. W. J." in the Spectator of February 20th ask himself what chance there is of our easy- going Premier undertaking such a......