Rare-bird Preservation.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] Sin,—At the last council meeting of the Selborne Society, it was determined in the cause of natural history and national education, to do all......
Agnosticism And Belief.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—There is surely one oversight in Mr. McCann's letter, to which you make no reference in your article. He says that "every Christian......
Art.
EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF STUART.- NEW GALLERY. [SECOND NOTICE.] On entering the North Gallery, devoted to portraits and relics of the later Stuarts, we feel at once on a......
Irish "bulls."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Having greatly enjoyed your article on "Irish Bulls," I should be glad if you would tell me to what variety to allocate these. A young......
Poetry.
AN ELEGY ON THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. [Suggested by a phrase in "Poets at Play," Spectator, December 22nd, 1881] " On ! where are the quips of Trevelyan" For all the old lovers of......
A Breathing-space.
A BREATHING - SPACE! We have a respite still. The storm is gathering, and the clouds of war, Big with their deep-voiced thunder, growl afar Portending ruin: yet with palsied......