23 DECEMBER 1893, page 15

Presence Of Mind Fifty Years Ago.

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR'] SIR,—Your paper, in the Spectator of December 16th, on the courage and command over the French Assembly exhibited by M. Dupuy, recalls a scene......

The Pious Founder.

[TO TIEN EDITOR OF THE " SP1OTATOR:] SIR,—Many people will be grateful to you for the article in the Spectator of December 9th, in which you point out that, whatever Mr.......

Wanted, The Origin Of A Nursery-rhyme.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:9 SIR,—The lines quoted by "M.," in the Spectator of Decem- ber 9th, are of very great interest, for they disclose, for the first time, the......

" Februanj 15th, 1853.-1 Spent Much Of The Day In

the drawing- room in order that the Admiral might not feel his loneliness, and thereby heard much that was interesting of his recollections. On the table were lying, as they......