Trees In The Suburbs.
(To THE EDITOR 00 THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin—I endorse every word of the letter signed " A Lover of Sunshine" in your issue of September 22nd. It is a thousand pities that the......
Captain Bowen-colthubst. Ito Rat E//0004 Or Set...
the previous lettere to the Spectator about Captain Bowen-Colthuret, I shOuld like to point out an aspect of the cruse which may have escaped the justice-loving British public.......
Washington ' S Dislike Of Slavery.
(To am EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") Si—In the issue of July list your reviewer of The Life and Times of David Humphreys says, after quoting from a letter of General Washington......
(to The Editor Op The " Srcerstog."3 Ste —the Line Quoted
by your correspondent "A. C. B." is from a poem by the poet Cowper on what he calls the Yardley Oak. The tree, still green and flourishing after more than a hundred years since......
Emerson And The Kaiser.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—When one reads the Kaiser's protestations of peace and goodwill to men, one cannot help thinking of Emerson's words: " What you are......
Prussian Ways.
ITo THE EDITOR OF sex " Sereravols."1 "The Essence of Parliament" in the number of Punch for April 27th, 1861, is the following :— " Thursday. On the question of the......
An Australian Protest.
[To THE Enrrox or THE " Ssecneroa.") Sut„—The Australian Press has given currency to a statement credited to General Sir Archibald Murray that he "would rather lose a division......
Messrs. Cadbury's Critics.
(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sta, — As the British Empire Union has issued a leaflet showing Messrs. Cadbury's donations to what is euphemistically called "The Society......
Heligoland.
[To THE EDITOR OF THIS " SPECTATOR:1 Sm,—The geography-books say that Heligoland is a loss-lying islet with an area of only one-fifth of a equare mile. At the end of the war,......
The Canadian Boat Song.
(To THE Erases or me " Seccasecat.") 5m — eau you inform me if the lines quoted by "C. E. B. " in tIre Spectator of September 22nd were correctly given? I heard them quoted some......
Wooden Walls And Pit-props.
Ito THE EDT/OR OT THE SPECTATOR.") Sua,—The quotation which your correspondent maks for in your September 29th issue is from Cowper ' s " Yardley Oak," and rune: "Thou west is......
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