6 MARCH 1909, page 17

Does Farming Pay P [to Re. Editor Or Tnf "

$FROTATOR."] Stn,—The following may show why farming does not pay sometimes (see Spectator, February 20th). A. few days ago I was in a neighbouring town on market day, and heard......

Goethe's Conversations.

[To TM • EDITOR or TH• EPRO rATOR.1 Six,—An entirely new edition of the late Baron von Biedermann's standard collection of all known conversations of Goethe is now being......

An Inspector - Ridden Nation.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,--4 think the following extract from a letter just received from New Zealand may interest your readers as a practical commentary on the......

Poetry.

GILLY. (" The Liberty Not to Fight for One's Country.") WHERE have you been, Gilly, where have you been P Shooting at a mark with the lads upon the green P Or out on the moor......

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Books.

SIR GEORGE MACKENZIE, KING'S ADVOCATE.* MR. LANs has done yeoman service to the cause of historical justice by reviving certain reputations which party acri. mony has tended to......

Art.

M. SIMON HUSSY'S PASTELS. NEARLY all Englishmen are lovers of natural landscape, and, for that very reason, a large number of Englishmen take their aesthetic pleasure in looking......

The " Spectator" Fund For The Family Of The Murdered

IRISH CONSTABLE. Wit are glad to be able to announce that the various funds raised for the family of Constable Goldrick have met with so warm a response that no more money is......