The Theatre.

"L'ART ADMINISTRATIF." THERE are few pleasanter occupations than the building of castles in the air; and the more elaborate and detailed the construction, the ,greater the......

Poetry.

TO LIEUTENANT E. H. SHACKLETON AND HIS COMRADES. [The latest South Polar expedition, , under the command of Lieutenant Shackleton, is due to leave Port Lyttelton, in New......

Underfed School-children.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, - "In your last week's issue you express approval of the action of the London County Council in declining to put into operation the......

Gulls And Dabchicks.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " spicarsTon..] SIR, — Yesterday (December 19th) in St. James's Park I again saw the blackheaded gulls chasing two dabchicks. The latter always dived to......

" The Social Fetich."

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin, — May I offer you a word of thanks for the leniency you show in dealing with the appalling mistake I made in my attempted condemnation......

Edward Lear.

[TO TSB EDITOR OP TSB NSPIOTITOR."] SIR,—It anay interest you to know that Edward Lear was a great friend of my father, W. Frith, R.A.; that he wrote some of his "nonsense"......

Ins And Outs.

[To THE EDITOR OW THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — In your amusing article on "Ins and Outs" in last week's Spectator you quote Lady Grove as assuring us that certain unfashionable......