Se Faire Casser
SIR,—While grateful to Mr. Christopher Sykes for his able and sym- pathetic notice of my translation of Vigny's Servitude et Grandeur Militaires. I cannot agree' that in......
Alcoholics Anonymous
SIR,—I refer to the Spectator Competition No. 161 appearing on page 309 in your issue of the Spectator, dated March 13th, 1953. In this competition the following words are......
Sheep-worrying
It is likely that soon farmers will be able to deal with straying dogs as they should fiave been dealt with a long time ago. People who genuinely care for their dogs are at......
4 A Matter Of Taste An Old Man 1 Met Once
told me how he used to have sparrow-pie regularly. He lived in a cottage much frequented by birds, and he would stop up the eaves after dark and go into the loft to catch his......
Cloche Cultivation
With the price of a heartless lettuce as much as nincpcnce at the moment, I am surprised that the average gardener doesn't go in for cloche cultivation much more than he does,......
Country Life
Ir used to be the custom of the boys and girls of the little village on the other side of the hill to go out at Easter and spend a day burning gorse, drinking lemonade- from......
The Bantam
The little man who came so light-footedly on to the bus was a horseman. He had a flower in his buttonhole. His leggings were polished to reflect the sun. He was old-fashioned in......
Sir William Nicholson
SIR,—I am now trying to complete the catalogue raisonne of the paintings of the late Sir William Nicholson, upon which I have been working for some time. If any of your readers......
" Tr.:be Spectator, April 2itb, 1853
Tiir great Cab question is again before the public, much I in the old form. On one side the charges of extortion and insolence are predicted of'the whole race of " drivers," and......
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