31 JULY 1915, Page 15

A BRETON BOY'S LETTER.

fTo TM: EDITOR OW TUE "SPECTATOR."] Slit,—Few things about your journal delight me more than that frequent note of domesticity one finds relieving your weighty columns of epistolary Wellpo!itih,. I think, therefore, you will find the subjoined letter worthy of print. It was written by a Breton boy, aged six, to his father in the trenches:—

"Plourivo, 15 Juillet, 1915.

Petit papa ch6ri vien rite en permission on tura le petit coq qui est dans he grimier Mis [the kitten] sera etonnO devoir un soldat ici car elle nen a jamais vu an jour diu it pleu on no pourra all6 manger des groseilles maintenant Minouche [the cat] et Mis jou° sous la, table avec le tablier de maman et mes chansons jo

Vire la France am, Sir, &e., NORMAN HODOSON.