The Revolver Republic
[To the Editor of the SrEerAtort.] SIR,—Owing to absence abroad, I have only just seen your sympathetic notice of my book, The Revolver Republic, in your issue of November 1st,......
Mandoline The Soft-tongued Serenaders
Echo their faithless vows, To the girls who listen quietly Under the boughs. Their gleaming silken vestments, And long, pale satin trains ; Their strange exotic beauty, The......
The Mystery Of The Musk
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Rather more than thirty-five years ago we took a house in the New Forest. Musk grew all round the small backyard and the scent was......
Imprisoned Birds
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sut,—Everyone who thinks at all must sympathize with Lord Howard's detestation of the cruelty involved in caging wild birds ; but how is it he......
Do Handkerchiefs Prolong Colds?
[To the Editor of the Sesx-rAron.] Sin—As managing director of the firm who used this heading to their advertisement will you permit me space to explain that the words " cambric......
Furs And Cruelty
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] g,—I read the letter in the Spectator of November 15th, which was signed • " rforis 'Mary Armitage" with great in- terest, having endeavoured......
Two Pieces From Paul Verlaine
Fantoches THE moonlight sheds a glamour on the scene, And Punchinelle and Scaramouche, half-seen Against its pale gleam, unspeaking stand. The old calm-eyed physician sits......
Burns And The Biographer
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] greatly appreciate Mr. MacIntyre's invitation, and if I do not ask for more of your space for my response it is neither from inability nor......
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