Verse Forms.
A. H. A. in his " New Verse Forms " must not give all the credit to America for the birth of the punning Rhymbel. I quote two verses from a longer poem of Victor Hugo's, pub.......
The Payment Of Golf Caddies [to The Editor Of -the
SPECTATOR.] Sur,—In 1912, on a well-known Surrey golf course, I started an allotment garden close to the club house. The members paid five shillings contribution towards the......
Points From Letters
BARKING CHURCH REPAIR. FUND. Barking, in mediaeval times, was a country town, gathered round the Abbey. Subsequently it became the fishing port of London—until the sixties of......
Re Your " Great Winds " Article Of September 22nd
last, Conrad's captain did not tell his wife, after going through a typhoon, that he had met with " dirty weather." He wrote to her that he had expected never to see her and the......
"six Years Out Of Woam."
Will you kindly express my grateful thankc to those readers of the Spectator who were interested in my article, " Six Years Out of Work," and for their kindly assistance, which......
A Correction.
In my review of Miss Yvonne Fitzroy's A Canadian Fano• rama last week may I correct a misprint which is possibly due to my bad writing ? I compared her style to Norris, the......
" English Undefiled " The Letter Of " A. S."
regarding the " abuse " (!) of such words as " which " and " wheel " raises an interesting problem which has perplexed me from childhood. The words cannot be pronounced as......
Our Aberdare Fund
During the past week the following donations have reached us, which are gratefully acknowledged below. Our aim has now been achieved, in that we have provided for the immediate......
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