3 OCTOBER 1925, page 27

"abide With Me."

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sps,—So many beautiful sentiments have gathered round this hymn that it is well that the true date and circumstances of its composition should......

A Tragedy In Poland

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—! came across lately a case of summary justice on a mother in Poland, which may be of interest to your readers. In the southern part of......

The Princess Louise Kensington Hospital For Children

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is just a year since an appeal was launched for the removal and re-establishment in North Kensington of the Children's Hospital and......

The Grey Squirrel

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sig,—The first time I made the acquaintance of the grey squirrel was twenty years ago, when I was wandering in the. woods near the Montmorency......

Mr. Bruce On Law And Order

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your "News of the Week" (Septemb7. 26th)-you state that Mr. Bruce, the Australian Prime Miruster "made unflattering reference to the......

Poetry

VIPER'S BUGLOSS IT seemed as though the steady fires Of beauty burned in rarest hue ; That loveliness was here most true Unto the spirit of the earth. What miracle brought thus......

£100 Prize For An Essay On Unemployment

AN American reader of the Spectator, Mr. Gabriel Wells has generously offered a prize of £100 for an essay os "Unemployment : Its Cause and Remedy." The maximun: length of an......