10 OCTOBER 1896, page 31

Some Curiosities Of Biblical Knowledge.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.] Sta,—In the voluminous account of the Czar's reception in Paris, which appeared in the Daily Telegraph of October 7th, the following quaint......

"trusts " In The United States. [to Thy Editor Op

TEL "SPECTATOR.'] Sin, — Your concluding paragraph on the above subject, in the Spectator of October 3rd, says :—" We are not liable (in England) to the tyranny of trusts and......

Our Waifs And Strays.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE .` SPECTATOR :9 SIR,—May I draw the attention of your readers to the work which is being done by the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society, the......

A Dog-story.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR "] Sts,—Among the Spectator dog-stories I have not seen any akin to the following. My little friend is a mixture of poodle and Maltese, not......

Books.

SIR GEORGE TRESSADY.* THERE are passages of very great power in this book, but on the whole it is less matured, less completely worked into an imaginative whole, and less......

Animal Helpers.

(To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPICTATOZ."] Sin,—Your paper is regularly forwarded to me in South Africa, and much appreciated by myself and my assistant- teachers. It has occurred to......

Fishermen And Sea-gulls.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] 'SIR,—Perhaps among your many readers some will be found who can record similar instances of the intelligence of the sea-gull to that......