Snt,—sir Henry Bashford Has Written A Delightful Tribute...
place-names. But as we are thinking of poetic quality, may I point out that Fontwell Magna is really Fontmell Magna—I am sure Sir Henry will agree that the "supreme poet" showed......
"attlee And Bevan"
SIR,—I was glad to see that two of Mr. Stockwood's friends had dealt faithfully with the comments made by Mrs. Gardiner in your issue of November 14th; but I doubt whether......
T 4 Is Shaw Dead ? "
SIR, —Is not the short answer to St. John Ervine's question that Bernard Shaw will not survive because he was not sincere ? He was a skilled controversialist, but he was more......
Army Pensions
recently received the annual report of a tea company, in which I hold a few shares. Although the profit for the year and the dividend are reduced, it is proposed to make a......
Place-names
Six,—Sir Henry Bashford's article on place-names in Dorset and Wiltshire must have delighted all who know and love those counties. One does not look for poetry in a directory,......
Bearded Tits
SIR,—I am sorry to disappoint Lord Terrington on the matter of the bearded tit. In the notes which I drafted on that occasion I mentioned coal tits, remarking that they seemed......
Slit,—puella Rigensis, As Many Others Will Doubtless Tell...
an old and valued friend. I think I first heard it fifty years ago, and it was then attributed to Arthur Sidgwick, Fellow and Tutor of C.C.C., Oxford. Here is another, not I......
There Was An Old/young Man
Snt,—The Latin rhyme of Professor Haarhoff reminds me of the limerick made up practically on the spur of the moment by Raymond Asquith, who like Dr. Johnson could make a rhyme......
Bannockburn
SIR, —Sir Frederick Whyte's article, on reindeer in Scotland, made the first suggestion I have seen that the Scots lost the battle of Bannockburn, or that Robert the Bruce went......
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