[to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sia,---your Contributor...

H." cites the last line of Lycidas as possibly providing the commonest example of misquotation. I think, however, that the two lines from -" The Ancient Mariner " are more......

Lessons Of The Census

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your article on the above subject on the 23rd ult., there seems to be a veiled lament over the Census figures which are supposed to......

" Down In Somerset "

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Surely some of your readers must have been amazed to read in the motoring article by " C. A. R." that "within five and twenty miles of......

Safety In Flying

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The following claim is made by your contributor, F. Y.-B.," in his notice of my book, Aeolus ; or the Future of the Flying Machine : "......

The Hunting Of Hinds

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The attention of the Council of the Society has been called to the hunting of a hind on March 28th last. After being hunted for several......

Familiar Misquotations

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The misquoted phrase I come across far more frequently than any other is " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread." " Face " always......

Milk And Early Rising [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sift,- -In your issue of the Spectator for April 23rd, your editorial footnote under the above heading contains a request for figures showing the milk consumption in different......