16 APRIL 1870, page 12

Poetry.

AT TWENTY-THREE. LIFE is delight, each hour that passes over Comes like a maiden's kisses to her lover, Comes like the fresh breath of the mountain breeze, Comes like the south......

" Without Note Or Comment."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Si n, I wish to suggest that if Lord Russell's plan be carried out, of a chapter of the Bible to be read before school to impart a......

Ireland V. England.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] quite concur with much of what has been said in the Spectator of last week by your correspondent, Mr. Gairduer, as to the questionable......

The Budget.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—I venture to think that Mr. Lowe's Budget is a mistake. With the magnificent surplus at his disposal, with the strong Parliamentary......