[to The Editor Or The "sprctator.1
Sin,-:-Herodotus's description of the camel (mentioned in your issue of January 14th, p. 47) as having an extra pair of knees, though absurd enough, is not quite as preposterous......
[to The Editor Op The "spectator."] Sir,—may I Venture To
point out an error into which the writer of the article on "Seaside Farms" in last week's Spectator has fallen in painting his beautiful picture of the East Devon coast-lands P......
[to The Editor Op The " Sfeorator.1
trading to Valparaiso, in which he says;- " On the afternoon of Saturday, December 24th, off Bardsey Island, a homing pigeon fell on deck at my feet with a broken leg. It tried......
[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."]
SIR,—I venture to write to you the history of my copy of the Spectator as a witness to the esteem in which your valua■le paper is held. This copy is purchased in the first......
Sir,—i Have Read Or Heard That At The Time Of
the Crimean War the nepotism of highly placed persons in the Army was being discussed in Dean Mangers presence, with especial reference to the number of inefficient junior......
Sin,—seeing A Curious Story Of " Bird-kindness" In Your...
of January 28th, I am induced to ask you if you will publish the following account. In September, 1899, I bought, in Paris, a pair of tiny (I think Japanese) birds, and brought......
From The Blinking Surf Where The Lizard Sprawls
There is many a road to stir the blood Of him who fareth forth ; All roads seem good to the wise of mood, But of all the roads that be, My chosen way is the broad Ridgeway, That......
Think That I Was Present At The Birth Of That
jest of the late Dean Mansel which Mr. Lionel Tolle- mache mentions in the letter printed in your issue of January 28th. It was in "the sixties,” not "the fifties," that Mr.......
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