4 SEPTEMBER 1886, page 16

The Lynn Election.

1To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—Your anxiety to show that even the small reduction in the Conservative majority at the election for this borough was due to other causes......

Books.

HONOR t DE BALZAC.* " ifs turned critic, like all the incapables who miss their mark.' That was the opinion of Balzac of the critic-race; and Disraeli only appropriated the......

The Causes Of Depression In Trade.

ITO TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOIL."] STR,—There seems to me to be one cause which, so far as it affects this country at any rate, has been overlooked by the recent Commission,......

Nonconformists And Disestablishment. [to The Editor Of...

Sin,—Can you give me space for a few words on the position of Nonconformists in relation to the Established Church ? They are suggested by letters and editorial notes recently......