16 APRIL 1881, page 12

Poetry.

TWILIGHT. Now, tender Twilight lays a cooling palm, In gentlest blessing, on Earth's fevered brow, Soothing her into silence,—save for low, Sweet warblings, rippling o'er the......

Letters To The Editor.

WILLIAM LAW'S " LETTERS." [TO THE EDITOR OF TILE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—At the close of your admirable review of my " Life of William Law," a question is asked respecting the......

Art.

THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS.* Tun Exhibition is one of average excellence, iu which there are few very important works and a great deal of quiet merit. Those who......

Temperance In Lent.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TILE "SPECTATOR. "] Sia„—Some time ago, you suggested what a Pope friendly to Temperance might accomplish. We have not yet had the opinion of the Vatican, but......

Catching Cold.

M ANY great surgeons, we are told, doubt whether Surgery, as distinguished from Medicine, has many more triumphs to achieve. The rate of mortality from operations may be greatly......

[to Tub Editor Of Till " Spectator."] Mr. Overton Answers

the question at the end of your very interesting notice of his work in the Spectator of last week, he will, no doubt, refer to what must be a misprint in your quotation of Mr.......

Mr. Cyples On Pain.

(To TRH EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Stn,—Will you kindly grant me space to say that the couple of sentences quoted in last week's Spectator from the editor of the Contemporary......