Curiosities. Of Pronunciation [to The Editor Of The...
the old records Fowey is spelt Foy. It is an example of words, not a few, which have changed their spelling but not their pronunciation. Launceston is another. In the old deeds......
Fox-hunting [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Srit;--in...
Mr. Lionel James, may I draw attention to four points overlooked by him :— (1) His claim, that foxes owe their continued existence to the sport, is in amusing conflict with that......
Summings Up
[To the Editor of the SPEc-r.vron.] Sin,— Here are two little-known epitaphs :— Here lies poor Tom Parr. What, old Tom ? No, young Tom. Ah. To the Memory of an Honest Attorney.......
The Winter Distress League [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]
Sin,—Knowing so well your sympathy for those who want work, and cannot find it through no fault of their own, I would ask you to put before your readers an appeal for help from......
A Use For Stamps In Schools [to The Editor Of
the SPECTATOR.]• • •• SIR,—There has been a generous response to my appeal for stamps. May I, through the Spectator, thank the senders, so many of whom have remained anonymous ?......
The Kensington Housing' Trust • O F [to The .c.ueigt 0,/
S PECTATOR.] PECTATOR.] SIR,—With reference to Captain Townroe's excellent article in your last issue, on the Kensington Housing Trust, may I add a word as to the object we had......
" Travel, Adventure, And Sport ! "
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—" A Bookseller's " paper in , a recent issue of . the Spectator reminds me that a few years ago, in a well-known bookshop-library in......
[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—your Ingenious...
Sibley, says that it should not " pass the wit of modern man to organize a clean sweep [of foxes] by systematic shooting and netting." Simi- larly, it would doubtless' be......
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