30 MAY 1914, page 14

Kew Gardens.

(To Tax EDITOR 07 THE "Srserrroa."3 SIR,—I notice that in a speech in the House of Lords on Wednesday week Lord Sudeley, referring to the good work done by the official guides......

Public Health And Public Morals. [to Rs■ Edito1 Or Rim

"nracrwroa."1 SIR,—The Portsmouth Conference of the Federation Aboli- tionniste Internationale will not receive the public attention which it deserves unless its name and aim......

"splendide Mendax."

[To rum EDITOR or ram "Srrerrror."1 SIR,—In the article entitled "More Howlers" published in the Spectator of April 18th occur the words "And we are suspicious of that......

The Oak.

[TO THE EDITOR or rra "SrwrAron."1 Sin,—Let us further sing, to the glory of England's oak, first, that that part of him that could not be cut for the timbers of our ships yet......

Garrick And Bagehot.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "Erreraros..,"] SIR,—It is perhaps an ungenerous task to correct the corrector. But Mr. Searle will probably be glad to be reminded that what Garrick wrote......

Of Particular Interest—the Famous Lyveden " New Build" Of...

Thomas Tresham, who died in 1605, and whose eon was implicated in the Gunpowder Plot. The Trust has secured an option of purchase of the house and twenty-ei g ht acres of land......

Two Quotations. [to The Editor 07 The "spectator."]...

Barrington, in her recently published Life of Walter Bagehot, prints (twice over, pp. 25 and 103) an extract from a letter written by Bagehot in early life, in which he quotes......