14 MAY 1881, page 18

(to The Editor Of The "spectator. "]

Sin,—It may reasonably be doubted whether Lord Beaconsfield was indebted for the phrase " Peace with honour," either to Mr. Swinburne or to any one else ; it is certain that he......

Art.

THE GROSVENOR GALLERY. [FIRST NOTICE.] No one can help feeling that this year's show at the Grosvenor Gallery is in several ways a great improvement upon the farmer exhibitions.......

"peace With Honour."

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Stn,—In the speech of Burke, on moving his resolutions for conciliation with the Ameripau Colonies, these words occur :- " I mean to give......

Books.

THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE.* Tins may not be the greatest of Mr. Freeman's works—the place of honour must always be reserved for the History of the Norman Conquest—but......

Vivisection.

[TO TLIBI EDITOR OF TRH " SPECTATOR."1 am afraid that Mr. Courtenay has somewhat misuuder- stood the spirit in which I wrote my letter to the Times. The hard words which I there......