5 SEPTEMBER 1925, page 17

The Blacksmith's Stroke

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Though no smith myself, I think I may say that if your correspondent, Mr. R. W. Baker, next time he is at a black- smith's, would himself......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

Sin,—The action of the blacksmith's hammer may be com- pared to that of a pendulum. There is a waste of energy if the hammer is brought to a permanent standstill at the......

Cruelty To A Rare Bird

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, —I enclose a paragraph which appeared in the Daily Mail of April 20th. In cases of this kind, unless a heavier fine than seven and......

Extract From Letter

AN AMERICAN ON BRITISH HOLIDAY RESORTS :—Mr. Lyman D. Davis, Chairman Foreign Relations Committee, Anglo. American Hotel Association (N.Y.C.), writes :—So many attacks have......

Chamber-horse

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Having just read Jane Austen's lately-published Sanditon may I be allowed to correct a mistake on p. 81, where " chamber-house " has been......

Professor Scott's Homecrofting Experiment

WE have to acknowledge a promise of £25 received this week from Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, making a total of £1,435 17s. Subscriptions should be made payable to the Homecrofting......

The Squirrel War

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] do not think there is much doubt that the grey squirrel has by this time acquired a foothold in a very much larger area than is generally......

£100 Prize For An Essay On Unemployment

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