12 OCTOBER 1878, page 12

Character And Position.

1M ODERN life is passing, slowly and not always steadily, but still decidedly, through a great revolution, now nearly achieved. The relation of equality is gradually eclipsing......

Vintage And Vintagers In Tuscany.

F AR afield from the walls of Florence or Pisa, in deep folds and windings of the long Tuscan bills, lies an immense city, ancient, and roughly elegant, broad-cast over a whole......

Letters To The Editor.

THE ROYAL NORMAL COLLEGE AND ACADEMY OF MUSIC FOR THE BLIND. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.'] Sin,—Walking along Weston Street, Upper Norwood, to-day, I passed a blind man,......