14 SEPTEMBER 1872, page 17

Leicestershire Vernacular.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEersToR. - ] Sut, — "Kid," the word which seems to have puzzled you in your notice of the "History of Leicester," is neither an animal nor a sort of......

Books.

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.* WE oannot be too grateful to the anonymous translator of this book for undertaking the toilsome task of making it intelli- gible to the English public.......

Mr. Crookes And Spiritualism.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Having just returned from the Continent, I did not see the letter of "M. A." in your journal for August 31 until yesterday. Your......

Mr. Disraeli's "melancholy Ocean." [to The Editor Of The...

SIII,—The Irish Protestant, especially if he be a landlord, seldom comes off well at your hands. Your article on "Mr. Disraeli's 'Melancholy Ocean" lays one more sin to their......