5 JANUARY 1878, page 16

The Danube And Winter Wars.

[TO THB EDITOR OF THB" SPECTATOR.'] Sin,—At the present conjuncture of military affairs, many news- paper readers are watching with keen interest to see whether the Danube will......

The Late Mrs. Senior And Poor Orphans.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—An Association has lately been founded, in memory of Mrs. Nassau Senior, for extending to children of a rather higher grade the system......

Poetry.

A POET'S PROEM. IF on the great world's wide and shifting sand I scrawl my meagre alphabet of song, What profit have I, think you ? Not for long The pride of its enduring.......

Gold And Silver Plate.

[TO TUE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Sin,—In an article upon this subject in your issue of last week, I observe a quotation from Herr von Studnitz, viz.:—" That all gold and......

Art.

THE INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS THERE is no doubt that this gallery is rapidly losing its import-. ance as a representative one of Water-colour Art. There was a time,......