15 MARCH 1913, page 19

The Rural Housing Question. [to The Editor Or The "

SPECTAT06...1 SIR, — A great number of cottages are required in rural England. We believe that most landowners have considered it a moral duty to house well and comfortably......

Divinity Degrees.

[To THE EDITOR CY THE -srscrsToe.••] Sia,—Since the opposition to the Statute concerning Divinity Degrees has received the hospitality of your columns, perhap'S you will permit......

Goldsmith Up To Date.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] Six, — I submit a new version of Goldsmith ' s lines on woman:— " WHEN LOVELY WOMAN." (With apologies to'the shade of Oliver Goldsmith.)......

Quarrelling.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] • have read with interest the article on " Quarrelling " in your.paper of the 1st inst. Might I suggest that your con- tributor ' s remarks......

" Winter Cuckoos. "

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'] Sna,—One of my servants, a country-bred girl, told me that she heard the cuckoo quite distinctly on February 11th in the neighbourhood of......

Fierce Jumping Hedgehogs.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIB,—One infers from Mr. Harrison ' s letter that the savage young hedgehogs he speaks of were out ready for prey in the daytime. This is......