16 JULY 1892, page 16

East-end Lads And Poor Mothers.

[To THE EDITOR. OF THE "SPECTATOR. "' SIR,—Will you kindly allow me to acknowledge in the Spectator the following donations, so generously sent to me in response to my letter of......

Art.

THE EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT-PAINTERS. THERE is a highly cultivated form of human aberration known as " elocution." We are all familiar with its dreary displays,.......

The Different Infancy Of Different Birds.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The answer to "E. A. T.'s " question on the above sub- ject is : Pheasants, partridges, and chickens follow their mothers on foot, and......

Coleridge On Ireland. [to The Editor Of The "spectator,"]...

following extract from " The Table-Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge," which I lately came across, struck me as being curious. It may, perhaps, interest some of your readers. —I......

Nonconformists And Home-rule.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — May I, through the medium of your columns, ask all Nonconformist Unionists, ministers as well as laymen, Con- servatives as well as......

Mr. Hamerton's Illustrations.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—Your reviewer, in the Spectator of Ju!) , 9th, says he has always a certain difficulty in dealing with an illustrated book, because......