"the Ettrick Shepherd" As Prophet.
[To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Will you allow me to call the attention of your readers to a remarkable prophecy occurring in the poem of " Kilmeny," written by James......
A Day's Canvass Under The Derby Scheme.
[To tea Eynon or via ..areirravea."] Sts,—Here is the first day's experience of a recruiter for Lord Derby's scheme in the South-West:— " (1) The first house I called at was......
Sortes.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The letter of Mr. S. C. Kaines Smith in your issue of October 30th reminds me of a Persian story which may have some interest at the......
Walls Of Piss Work.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "{SPECTATOR. "] Srn,—I wonder if, in your experiments with rammed earth walls, you have tried the effect of mixing the earth with a binder. In making dried......
--, Killed In Action, Aged Eighteen. Rye The Editor Or
THE " SPECTATOR.") Sie,—May I venture to send you these extracts from letters written home from the front P—not because the young officer they describe was in any way braver......
"the Padre."
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, —May I trespass upon your space with a few quotations from a letter written by my godson at the front to his parents From the......