15 NOVEMBER 1879, page 13

A Plea For Intelligent Teaching Of Arithmetic.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPE0TATOR."1 Sia,—In his last Report to the Committee of Council on Education, Mr. Matthew Arnold denies to " calculation " " formative" power.......

Books.

MR. JOHN MORLEY'S MEMOIR OF BURKE.* WHETHER, as Burke's worshippers must maintain (and no hero of the latter days has had such and so many), the great- ness of the subject of......

Discontent In Ireland.

[To THE EDITOR OF THR " SPECTATOR.") 'SIR, — There are two opposite, though kindred, errors on Irish affairs to which English opinion seems to be liable. English- men see that,......

The Late Professor Clifford.

[To Tee EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I cannot think that you quite do justice to Professor Clifford in your article of last Saturday. You speak of his "measureless......