The Unknown Quantity.
[To TEE EDITOR 07 THE 4 . EPECTATOP...1 SIR,—In your interesting article "At Loggerheads" in last week's issue you say, in reference to the German men, guns, aeroplanes, and......
At Loggerheads.
[TO THE EDITOR OP THE SPECTLTOR."1 SIR,—The real origin of "loggerheads" is this. A logger- head is a baton-shaped long peg of hard wood which went through holes in the thwarts......
"french's Contemptible Little Army." [to The Editor Of...
SIR,—According to Tuesday's Morning Post (p. 8, coL 3), the Army Order which was said to have been issued by the German Emperor, expressing contempt for our Army, would appear......
St. Crispin's Day, 1415.
[To Tlia EDITOR OF THE "SPFCTATOL.n SIR,—Next Sunday week (October 25th) is the anniversary of St. Crispin's Day, on which five hundred years ago, lees one year, Henry V., with......
War And The Newspapers.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The evils which have come, and are still to come, from this war are so much dwelt upon that a few good things arising from it are......
Ma.caltlay On Frederic The Great. [to The Editor Of The
"SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—Seventy years ago Macaulay, in his essay on Frederic the Great, wrote :— " The King of Prussia had fully determined to commit the great crime of violating......
Precautions Against Fire.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Having regard to possibilities, it seems worth while to inquire whether hydrants and hose are fitted in and around the Abbey and other......
The Cotton Industry.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—To many outside our staple trade who read the Spectator it may be well to state just now that Lancashire is face to face with a serious......
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