2 JANUARY 1904, page 24

[to The Editor Of The "spectator. "]

Slit,—The following extract from my diary dated Sep- tember bth, 1903, written on board the ss. Chingtu ' soon after leaving Townsville, North Queenslimd, for Hong- kong, may be......

Known That It Was Then That Joseph Lancaster, A Young

Quaker, started his first school in Southwark, which was so successful that he established a number of other schools, and was assisted by a Committee formed in 1804, which......

After Full Many A Mutual Delay

My friend and I at last fixed on a day For seeing Black Cross Farm, which he had long Boasted the fittest theme for tale or song In all that charming region round about :......