[to The Editor Of The " Spectator.,
Em,—Many thanks for the " Limerick " quotations. Perhaps the most complete one I know is the one about the old lady of Perth :- "There was an old lady of Perth Who was born on......
Proverbs.
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Your reviewer who wrote concerning proverbs in your last issue may like to hear the two following, both of which come " from below."......
Limericks.
[To THE Emma 01 THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Your review of the Daily Express's Book of Limericks omits to mention the late George Du Maurier's delightful Vera Nonsensigues d rusage......
The Study Of Greek.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sm,—In your issue of September 2nd, under the heading " The Study of Greek," " Recluse " -mentions Bishop Caldwell's acknowledgment of " a......
The Agenda Club.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] STR, — Some years ago there was a good deal of correspondence in the Spectator about the "Agenda Club." As a very young subaltern I was......
Darkening Church Windows.
[TO THE EDITOR OW THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The problem presented by the above national requirement is not so hopeless as it at first appeared to some in positions of......
"adhuc Sub Judice."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sec,—In the course of a long life I have come across many curious cases of Sorters (not only, or even usually, Vergilianae), but not many......
The Hermit Of Prague.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In a paragraph in your paper of last week you remark that the hermit of Prague in Twelfth Night " very wittily " said : " That that is......
Water-divining At Suvla Bay.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I was well aware that Sir W. F. Barrett was a believer in the "dowser," and there is no more distinguished name in the list of his......
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