15 DECEMBER 1888, page 15

When To Fire.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." 1 SIR,—Mr. Balfour's view of the proper way to use " the whiff of grapeshot" is certainly the First Napoleon's. " It is false," says......

Letters To The Editor.

AN APOLOGY FOR OBSTRUCTION. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Living in the absolute and enforced retirement occa- sioned by old age and infirmity, and agreeing......

Closed Cathedrals.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " • ] SIR,—In justice to " the dragon of the golden gate " who grimly guards the arcade leading to the Lady Chapel in Exeter Cathedral, let me add my......

The Salmon-kind : Some Frank Heresies.

I T is well known by all men acquainted with the grouse, that if you wish your .moor to prosper, you must not allow the birds to multiply as rapidly as they would if you left......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator. "]

Sin,—The letter of the Dean of Lincoln in the Spectator of December 8th, reminds me that immediately after the pub- lication of Lord Carnarvon's appeal to the Archbishop of......

Elementary Education In Ireland.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In one of your articles of December 8th, I find an obiter 'dictum in favour of conceding denominational education if demanded by a......