15 JUNE 1878, page 15

Books.

DOWDEN'S STUDIES IN LITERATURE.* To attempt to dissect criticisms which are not in themselves of surpassing interest and excellence is a work of supererogation. It would be......

Manchester And Thirlmere.

[TO TH3 EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR "J Sin,—Permit me, as one of your constant readers, to express my surprise that the nauseous effusion which in your last number is hurled at the......

A Correction.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " ENIOTATOD,."1 Sllt,—One is usually glad to find a milder term substituted for a strong expression dropped in haste, but I have no reason to re- pent of......

The " Gangrene In Congregationalism."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. 1 Sin,—Referring to your article under this title, will you permit one of the minority, whose numbers you have unwittingly under- rated, to......

The Grosser Kurfurst.'

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-1 Sin,—The article in your last week's issue on the loss of the ' Grosser Kurfiirst ' brings to my recollection a story of nearly twenty years......