5 OCTOBER 1912, page 36

The Majestic Polysyllable.

[To TEE EDITOR or THII "SFECTATOR."1 SIR, — Having done such ample justice to the Mighty Mono- syllable, will the Spectator kindly give the Majestic Poly- syllable a turn ?......

"rare And Cheap Alpines."

[TO THE EDITOR 0/ TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — I beg to let you know that I am still selling plants for rock or wild garden or border for the benefit of St. John Ambulance County......

The Mighty Monosyllable.

[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In these latter days of attempted fine writing both in prose and verse, many of your readers, like myself, will be grateful to your......

[to Tim Enron Or Ter " Spzetator:1 Sir,—the Value Attached

to monosyllabic lines seems to have changed somewhat since Pope wrote, in the " Essay on Criticism" of the style and language of poetry, the lines :- " While expletives their......

Quaint Norman Surnames. [to The Editor Or Tas...

notice of M. de Beaucoudray's book, "Le Langago Normand au Debut du XXe Siecle," in the Spectator of Sep- tember 21st suggests to me the idea that a study of surnames in......

Notice.—when "correspondence" Or Articles Are Signed With...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or arc marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily to held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of......

Poetry.

THE PLAINS OF MEXICO. Thames a country wide and weary, and a scorching sun looks down On the thirsty cattle ranges and a queer old Spanish town, And it's there my heart goes......