16 DECEMBER 1865, page 13

The Volunteers In Case Of Rebellion. [to The Editor Of

THE " SPECTATOR."] 11 th December, 1865. WHILE reading Lord Eicho's very foolish and unfair speech about the Jamaica massacre a thought entered my mind which appears, from setae......

Books.

THE CHARITIES OF EUROPE.* M. DE LIEFDE has hit upon a great subject, but we cannot say his work has been well done. It would be difficult to imagine a better topic, or one which......

Culture In The United States.

[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, December 1, 1865. CONGRESS meets next Monday, and it would be "as easy as lying" to send two columns of speculation and prediction......