3 JANUARY 1880, page 23

Poetry.

THE LOST YEAR. r. RING out, 0 ye bells ! the merriest chime That ever ye rang at this New Year's time, With tumult and clangour of jubilant tone,— Ring out the old year that is......

Miss Ellice Hopicins' Protest.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Would it not be possible for the Spectator to integrate the authors it reviews a little more than it does, and not reduce them to the......

Political Immorality.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—You may consider that the account given by Sir Arthur Hobhouse in your last issue of the Famine Insurance Fund and its application,......

'11:le Christian Aim.

ero THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—Will you allow me, in the spirit, not of cavilling, but of -grateful appreciation, to point out what looks to me like a single blemish......

Lord Salisbury On Sir L. Cavagnari.

[TO THE ED/TOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") Sra,—An article in your last issue enumerated a series of " falsified predictions of the Government" with respect to Afghanistan. Can you find......

"peace With Honour."

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] STR,—It may interest students of history to know that the phrase "Peace with honour" has its parallel passage in the last speech of Lord......