16 DECEMBER 1876, page 12

Letters To The Editor.

THE ALLEGED ANNEXATION OF KHIVA. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE .` SPECTATOR.") Sin,—It has been frequently stated, and is very generally be- lieved, that Russia promised not to annex......

Spiritualism.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In your comments last week on Dr. Carpenter's lecture on Spiritualism, at the London Institution, you speak of the "re- markable mass of......

Poetry And Civilisation.

T ORD MACAULAY thought he had proved that as civilise- 1.4 tion grew, poetry must decline. But that, we take it, is a delusion of the same type as those which beset men as they......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator.") Sir, —a5 An Admirer Both

of School Boards and of the cumulative vote, I should be heartily glad to endorse all you say in your article of last week ; but I must point out that when you contrast the......

The London Education Elections.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —The facts of the election in Chelsea seem somewhat at variance with one of the conclusions in your interesting article on this subject.......