20 AUGUST 1927, page 11

Correspondence

A LETTER FROM BUDAPEST. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, — So much has happened in or near Hungary during the last six months that it is difficult to know where to begin.......

John And His Parrot

M Y old friend John lived at the bottom of the villa g e, and g rew fruit and ve g etables for market in his bi g , ramblin g g arden. Perhaps knowin g he loved them all, plants......

A Lament

O LONELY house upon the regal moors S et where the heather flows in purple streams, 'Tis long since children played about your doors, And cheerful firelight flashed in......

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