31 JANUARY 1874, Page 13

VIVISECTION.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...)

SIR,—Will the advocates of vivisection take a lesson on a closely allied subject from the master-mind of Shakespeare, whose per- sonal opinions and feelings are perhaps best expressed by some of his obscure characters ?- i" Queen. I will try the forces

Of these thy compounds on such creatures as

We count not worth the hanging, (but none human,)

To try the vigour of them, and apply Allayments to their act ; and by them gather Their several virtues and effects.

Cornelius. Your highness Shall from this practice but make hard your heart:

Besides, the seeing those effects will bo Both noisome and infectious."—Cymbdine, act i., scone C.