[to The Editor Of The ''spectator "] Sir, —it Has Always...
to me that Petronius's "curiosa felicitas " merely means that Horace took great pains to find the right word, and was nearly always (if not always) lucky in......
The Hungry Book-lover.
[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR." Sin,—Apropos of Lord Rosebery's allusion, in his recent in- teresting address, to the Aberdeen student "who hesitated for some time between a......
"france And The French."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:9 San,—" One comes to wonder" (the English is not mine) " whether Paris or Lhasa is the more remote from English understanding." I am afraid......
" Curiosa Felicitas."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SrmeTATore."] Sin,—Does not the above phrase, like many others, such as " gratia vivax," come under the law of " hypallage," by which the noun substantive......
" Hero Of Heroes."
[To THE EDITOR OT THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — If your review of my "Hero of Heroes" had been less kindly I would not have troubled you with this note. But such reviewing as yours......
"the Case Of Richard Me Ynell.* [to The Esrros Op
Tax "Srscuroa."( SIR,—The article in your issue of last week on " The Case of Richard Meynell" is hardly a just appreciation of Mrs. Ward's latest book. It would appear, though......
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