23 MARCH 1918, page 13

The Cuckoo.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTITOR:9 SIR, — On Saturday, March 9th, the children of Mr. Hugh Clarke, the largest farmer in this parish, told their mother that they had heard the......

Poetry.

CHANGE. vdvrg Be Ads sexplyseea "-irreg. roil yip eel Tiros etair.—(Aneaus.) Cain speaks. A DISTANT cry disturbs my age-long sleep; 'Awakened memory hears a well-known voice,......

Books.

IRISH SELF-CRITICISM.* THE five volumes here selected for notice differ in their outlook and temper, but they have at least these points of contact, that they are all written by......

Venereal Disease.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—Is not a portion of the community losing its true moral balance with regard to this deadly evil P There appears to be a widespread......

Howlers.

[To THE EDT/OR or THE " SPECTATOR ."] Sia,—Your correspondent of last week may care to add the fol- lowing gem to his collection of howler translations from the French : Le......

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name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree- ment with the views therein expressed or with the......

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