12 DECEMBER 1885, page 12

Mr. Shaw-lefevre's Defeat.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Mr. Ii. M. Wallis, in attempting to explain the reasons of Mr. Shaw-Lefevre's defeat at the recent election in Reading, has the......

Art.

HERKOMER'S PALNTINGS. Ma. HUBERT HERKOMER is a good specimen of a perfectly modern type of artist; and he is in many respects, both in his merits and his shortcomings, an......

Religious Equality And Reaction.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SFEOTATOBI" J SIR, —Your correspondent, Mr. Horton, comments on " the painful spectacle of the Church throwing the whole of its influence into the scale......

The Life Of Mary Lamb.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The Spectator of November 5th contained an interesting review of the reprints that have been lately issued of Charles and Mary Lamb's......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator. ") Sir,—will You Allow Me

space to very emphatically contradict a statement made in a letter, signed 11. M. Wallis, which appeared in your issue of December 5th. In enumerating the causes which, in his......