The Gondola Dolphins.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra f —Can any of your readers tell me why the little brass dolphins fixed on each side of nearly all the Venetian gondolas have large brass......
Birds And The Collector.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Your Ambleside correspondents touch upon a subject on which I have felt very strongly for many years, viz., the sale of eggs and other......
Poetry.
TERMINOLOGY. TREES have been named, and brutes with shining skins And in pure darkness many a planet spins No living eyes have seen, yet men say " There Orion's gathering in his......
"the Sayings Of Queen Elizabeth."
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—It is just a year since The Private Character of Queen Elizabeth appeared in this country, and I have now prac- tically completed my next......
Cutting Timber At The Time Of The Full Moon.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, —I have been much interested in the letters which have appeared in the Spectator regarding the cutting of timber at the time of the full......
Cat And Mouse:
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Allow me to follow up my account of the brooding duck and the tennis-ball, which some of your readers may remember , with another curious......
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