"beginnings" And " Endings " In British Wars.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] Stn,—The following quotations may be of interest at the present juncture :— " For, though no nation is more raw and undisciplined than the......
Political Prophecy.
[To Tim EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Stn,—An old man came down from the side of the Echtge Hills the other day, and asked me what news there was of the war, and if the Boers were......
Ladysmith And Cannae.
[To Pus' EDITOR OF THE "spEcrAron..1 Brit, — WithOnt insinuating comparisons . between Ladysmith and Canute, perhaps the following passage from Livy referring to the preliminary......
Non-combatants (ii) In The Royal Navy.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty who made such a keen inspection of the naval depots at Sheerness and Chatham, on the occasion......
. The Boer Volunteers.
• [To THY EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."'" sut,—The article on this subject in the Spectator of Novem- ber 4th should be in the hands of every Channel Islander, and should be......
Ireland And The Boer War.
[to THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Stn,—The first of Mr. Godley's excellent verses in the Spectator of November 4th voices, I think, the real feeling Of most of my countrymen......