11 OCTOBER 1879, page 12

• Irish Rents.

[TO THE EDITOR 'OF Tfls " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I observe in this day's Spectator the following statement —" Lord Normanton has r it is true, written to the Pall Mall Gazette to......

A National Church. [to Tee Editor Of Tue " Spectator.")

Sin,—I must content myself for the present with a very brief answer to Dr. Littledale. He, as I understand, wishes that the " intelligent minority " should be secured by law in......

Old Friends And New.

R. MATTHEW ARNOLD has somewhere remarked, very happily, we think, on the too great moral bias stamped ou the English word " Curiosity." It should be a perfectly neutral word, or......

Human Vivisection.

• [TO THE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—There is a curious passage in Sir Gilbert Elliot's Lettere which, as bearing on this subject, you may think worth placing before your......

Letters To The Editor.

THE DUKE OF ARGYLL ON LEASES. [TO TUE EDITOR OF TILE " SPECTITOR1 Sint,—The reply to my letter of " A Scotch Farmer," and your own observations on it, indicate much......