The Trans Vaal Constitution. [to The Editor Op The...
Sin,—The following is an extract from your article on the Transvaal Constitution (Spectator, April 29th) :— " We have proved again and again in the past that the more complete......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator.")
Sin,—The words " Je vas on je vais mourir ; l'un on l'autre se dit!" are said by the author of "Curiosities of Literature" (in the chapter on "Poetical and Grammatical Deaths ")......
[to The Editor Op The " Spectator:1 Sra,—the Kindly Notice
in the• Times of Monday leaves little to be Eiaid of Robert Herbert's career; but as one who knew him, and has been to some extent associated with him, perhaps I may be allowed......
Sir W. Temple On "a Belgic Circle In The Empire."
LTO TRIO EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sia,—Your article on "The Question of Holland" (Spectator, May 6th) contains the suggestive statement that, according to Germanophils, "if......
"the Devil's Walk."
[To THB EDITOR OF THE "Sesersron.7] SIR,—The letter of Mr. Walter B. Kingsford in your last issue is far from conclusive as to the authorship of this poem, in face of the......
Refrained With Difficulty From Rushing Into Print When I...
in one of the last volumes of his Diary, Sir Mountstuart Grant Duff's garbled resuscitation of an ancient French "chestnut," attributed by him to 011endorff, whom he curiously......
Sin,—(1) A Good Story Is Spoiled; So Is The French
of "so disc" (Spectator, May 6th, p. 671). At a moment when the Academy was agitated whether "l'un on Ventre" took a singular or a plural, and what was the first person present......
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