[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."] Szn,—i Do Not
know whether the two appended " howlers " are chestnuts or not, but they are certain& among the funniest I have met. Their source is an examination-room, where Pas de deux was......
Books.
THE DAWN OF THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE.* Ir is one of the sorrows of growing up that the world (tenses to appear arranged in the neat parcels beloved of childhood. Onco the physical......
[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."]
Sze,—The following may be worthy of mention. t` What were the Sicilian Vespers ?" an examiner asked in a history paper. And one of the answers was : "It was the Sicilian Vespers......
Author Wanted.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—These lines are on the tomb of a Canadian eadtit in the military cemetery at Aldershot. I have long tried to trace their authorship,......
Translations.
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIE,—In your very interesting article in your issue of August 17th upon " Translations " one reads of there having been many attempts to......
"howlers."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sut,—" What price" these ? Delicta majorum immeritus Lacs- " The delights of our ancestors were unmitigated filth." Classi- cunt cani aubk—"......
Poetry.
THE HUNTER OF HEAVEN. (To Nancy.) A PISTOL cracked in the enemy trench And the flare-light curved and rose, While the lone patrol stopped short in their tracks And each man......
Irish Expressions.
[To TEM EDITOR, or THE " SPECTATOR."] think I can explain the origin of the word "pamphrey " to your correspondent "H. M. W." The home of the cone-shaped or pointed early garden......
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