6 DECEMBER 1913, page 32

Links With The Past.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ) Sri.—My father, Lord Charles Russell (1807-1894), remem- bered a man who was out with Prince Charlie in 1745. When it comes to grandfathers......

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WOMAN AND CHILD IN ART. OUR knowledge of the amazing richness of England as a, treasure-house of European art, which was first revealed to the public by the Manchester......

"mess Of Pottage."

[To THE EiiO5 OF THE "SPECTATOR.") STR, — It is some comfort to find home-keeping Englishmen speculating as to the origin of homely phrases in our mixed and wayward speech. For......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectatoh.”]

SIR, — It may be further worth noting that the Revised Version writes "[one] mess of meat," at Heb. xii. 16; Authorised Version, "morsel of meat." The Greek word is Spiiirrir,......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator.")

SIR, — Cruden ' s Concordance has the words "mess" and "message," but they are misplaced, coming after "messenger,"......

The Territorial Force. [to The Editor Of Dos " Spectatoit."1

Sin.,—Referring to the deputation by the County Associations of the Territorial Force to Mr. Asquith the other day demand- ing more money, and the present general feeling in......

Mr. Lloyd George And The Scriptures.

r TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Speaking at Holloway on Saturday, the Chancellor of the Excheqner entertained his supporters with a lengthy quotation from the......

Tenures.

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR:9 SIR, — All my law books are ignorant of any tenure by Grand Serjeantry. Challis, the most learned of the moderns, Blackstone, Stephens,......

Poetr D Pithy,.

rejectin, a Casino ; TO SIR EDWARD civelyaroN. limsm all the chaos of a menaced •atte, Undaunted by the threats of greai•or You stand, defiant of a. nation's fate, A hope......

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