7 APRIL 1877, page 15

Epigrams.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—In your article on " Epigrams" you remark that it has been disputed how far a play upon words is permissible in an epigram, and within......

Land Tenure In Ireland.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. Bence Jones's letter in the current Spectator is pleasant and useful. It is pleasant to find an Irish landlord discarding the absurd......

Digging Parties.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Young Oxford and young Cambridge athletes are now doubtless beginning to make plans for the "Long." With Dr. Schliemann's discoveries......

The Dwindling Supply Of Candidates For Orders.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sin,—There is a sentence in Miss Martineau's " Autobiography" which, however harshly expressed, throws some light on the in- creasing......

[to The Edffor Of The " Spectator.1 Sir,—in His Valuable

letter on land tenure in Ireland (Spectator, March 31), Mr. Bence Jones has alluded to the successful occupa- tion of small holdings in France and Belgium. It would add much to......