Tristram Shandy On Cross-word Puzzles [to The Editor Of The
SPECTATOR.] Sin,—" 'I've got within a single letter, brother Toby,' cried my father. ' You are near enough, brother,' replied my uncle ' in all conscience." Pshaw ! ' cried my......
A Sad Result Of Modern Life
A man crept out of London town, Haggard and pale and broken down; And met a maid in the countryside Who smiled so kindly that he died. J. D. NEWTS.......
Count Nerli's Portrait Of R.l.s. [to The Editor Of The
SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In Mr. J. A. Steuart's recently-published work, Robert Louis Stevenson—Man and Writer, issued by Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston and Co., an error occurs on p. 233......
" Sex And Civilization "
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—My publishers (Messrs. Kegan Paul) have called my attention to a short review of my book, Sea? and Civilization, which appeared in the......
The Epigrammatic Mind [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]...
would thank the reviewer of my anthology of epigrams, The Soul of Wit, for his interesting remarks in your issue of January 31st. There are, however, two. points which I should......
E0 Et,r 1 7 ,
ON A PAINTER OF FAMOUS BEAUTIES AND HIS WIFE Here Phoebe lies : who all her virtuous life Never knew jealousy, though Colin's wife. Here Colin lies : of equal virtue he, Who......
Extract From Letter
SHOULD THE TUCK-BON BE REFORMED ?—Mr. Charles E. Hecht, of the Food Education Society, 329 Vauxhall Bridge Road, S.W. 1, writes :—The abolition of the tuck-shop is not within......
Labour's Money [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]
SIR,—I have not read Mr. Richard Boeckel's book but I wish I could share the optimism of your excellent review of it in your issue of last week. It is not easy to see how the......
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