1 JANUARY 1887, page 25

Bookbinding.

cro THII EDITOR OF THY " SPECTATOR.") Silt,—Your correspondent, Mr. Williams, has hit on one fault with regard to modern bookbinding, but not the only fault. It was mentioned, I......

Madagascar.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —In his notice of " A Madagascar Manual," published in your columns of December 25th, the reviewer asks :—" Yet what does Mr. Oliver......

Art.

MR. BRETT'S PAINTINGS AT THE FINE ART SOCIETY. Ir is really to be wished that more painters would follow Mr. Brett's example, and show what great results may be obtained from......

Poetry.

A CITY COURTSHIP. THE proper place for courting, By the story-books' reporting, Is some lane or meadow-pathway, out of sight of town, With the sweetness blowing over From the......