30 SEPTEMBER 1916, page 13

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator.,

Em,—Many thanks for the " Limerick " quotations. Perhaps the most complete one I know is the one about the old lady of Perth :- "There was an old lady of Perth Who was born on......

Proverbs.

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Your reviewer who wrote concerning proverbs in your last issue may like to hear the two following, both of which come " from below."......

Limericks.

[To THE Emma 01 THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Your review of the Daily Express's Book of Limericks omits to mention the late George Du Maurier's delightful Vera Nonsensigues d rusage......

The Study Of Greek.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sm,—In your issue of September 2nd, under the heading " The Study of Greek," " Recluse " -mentions Bishop Caldwell's acknowledgment of " a......

The Agenda Club.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] STR, — Some years ago there was a good deal of correspondence in the Spectator about the "Agenda Club." As a very young subaltern I was......

Darkening Church Windows.

[TO THE EDITOR OW THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The problem presented by the above national requirement is not so hopeless as it at first appeared to some in positions of......

"adhuc Sub Judice."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sec,—In the course of a long life I have come across many curious cases of Sorters (not only, or even usually, Vergilianae), but not many......

The Hermit Of Prague.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In a paragraph in your paper of last week you remark that the hermit of Prague in Twelfth Night " very wittily " said : " That that is......

Water-divining At Suvla Bay.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I was well aware that Sir W. F. Barrett was a believer in the "dowser," and there is no more distinguished name in the list of his......