25 NOVEMBER 1899, page 12

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

Sin,—In Mr. Whibley's letter on "English Prose" he claims music as the mark of style, and puts aside both propriety and conciseness of diction, lucidity and simplicity, as false......

Prose And Words.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I cannot discover in the Edinburgh Review the maxim attributed to it by Mr. Whibley, that "prose has nothing to do with words." Perhaps......

The Settlement Of Reservists On The Land.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] think every one must cordially sympathise with you in your desire (Spectator, November 18th) to see some portion of our South African......

English Prose.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECFATOR.1 Si,—Is there not something a little ridiculous in the jeremiads now sometimes uttered—and echoed in your columns even by writers as well......