Poetry.
THE ENGLISH OFFICER. THROUGH bitter nights and burning days He watched the veldt stretch bare and grim ; At home beside the cheerful blaze We wrote our views of him. We mourned......
[to The Editor Op The "spectator.") Six,—in Job Ay. 27
the wicked man, in the time of his brief prosperity, is said to have "made collops of fat on his flanks." This exactly corresponds to Dr. Ogilvie's "piece of flesh; a think......
Mr. Hare's Autobiography.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —You quote a story from Mr. Hare's autobiography (Spectator, December 1st), in which two brothers sleep in a room with a corpse, but......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator."] Sir,—" Collops " Had
yet another meaning in the North of England fifty years ago, and may, for all I know, still have it. My grandmother, a Westmoreland woman, told me that in her youth on the......
The Ameer's Memoirs.
ITO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—On reading the last quotation in your review of the Ameer's autobiography, I seemed to remember something of the incidents there set......
The Importance Of Speed To Commerce.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR"] Sin,—You alluded some time ago to the numerous petty grievances which the travelling public in this country have to suffer at the hands of the......
What Is "a Collop " ?
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — Your correspondent, " H. L., " and you are, I beg to say, incorrect in •saying in the Spectator of December 8th that in Scotch cookery......
A New Zealand Bird-story.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The letter of L. Obel which appeared in your issue of September 1st on the subject of the needless slaughter of birds reminded me of an......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator. "] Sie, — In Re " What
is a collop' ? " it is not a "pure Scotticism," and has nothing to say to " mince-meat," but is an Irish mode of expressing the amount of stock a farm or field will carry to the......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator.1 Sir,—may I Explain The
meaning of the word " collop " as used by Irish peasants? It has been referred to in the last two Spectators, but without the true explanation being given. The word is applied......
The Country Of Dreams.
[To THE EDITOR OP THY " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent, "A. J. C.," in the Spectator of November 17th, will find the exact counterpart of the " triangular station" of his......
The German Emperor's Plan.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—A propos of your article, " The German Emperor's Plan," in the Spectator of the 8th inst., in which you suggest that " German colonists......
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