Sir,—among "animals Which Play Games" The Saras, Or...
(Ardea Antigone), is, I think, entitled to a place. Some twelve or fourteen years ago, in the Shahjahanpur dis- trict of Rohilkband, I witnessed a dance by three of these birds,......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator."
SIR,—In your article last week bearing the above title you say : "Both stoats and weasels are said to gyrate in order to fascinate small birds." In July, 1885, while walking......
Sir,—your Correspondent's Delightful Collection Of Mixed...
present House of Commons in the Spectator of May 21st reminds me of an earlier example for which that same august Assembly was responsible. It was a Member of Parliament who......
Mixed Metaphors In The House Of Commons. [to The Editor
OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIE,—If the entertaining and exhaustive collection of Parlia- mentary word comicalities in the Spectator of May 21st has not exhausted the subject, a few......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator.']
SIR,—I see that in your summary of the "News of the Week" in the Spectator of May 21st you write regarding the division on Mr. Black's Motion as follows : "All the Free-trade......
[to The Editor Of The "sescratos.."]
Sin,—Sorrow and anxiety is often expressed by members of the Church of England at the scarcity of well-educated candidates for ordination. The reasons most commonly alleged for......
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