6 JANUARY 1900, page 24

Should Like To Say A Word About A - Friend Of Mine,

whose letters to his father and mother at home I have been allowed to see. The writer while still in his native Somersetshire village worked as a collier, and was a young man of......

(to The Editor Of The "spectator. "] Sir,— " A. M. A.'s

" suggestion is not by any means a new one, and shields of the description he proposes have been made and tested ; but it is doubtful if they are ever likely to be carried by......

Shields In War.—a Delusion.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Your correspondent, "A. M. A.," suggests in the Spectator of December 30th that our men should carry tempered steel shields, G ft. by 3......

Shields In War.—a Suggestion.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I was very glad to see the letter signed " A. M. A." on this subject in the Spectator of December 30th. I feel con. vinced that the......

Rifle Clubs.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I am very glad to see that you are advocating the for. mation of rifle clubs. It has for many years been a great annoyance to me to......