17 MAY 1879, page 13

Poetry.

THE MOURNFUL MINSTREL. ["How gloomy is the poetry of the present day how fall of sighs, and groans, and passionate bewailings it is !"—Mr. Payn'a "Midway Inn," in the Nineteenth......

A Circulating Library For Women.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Being desirous of forming a large Free Circulating Library, for the benefit of the young women employed in houses of business,......

Pensions For The Aged Poor.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 '&14—There is a small, unpretentious work going on in the East of London, connected with a much larger movement of social reform, to which I......

Letters To The Editor.

BRUMMAGEM MORALITY. (TO THE EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR'] Sin,—It was natural that the Spectator should enjoy a quiet laugh over the recent action of the Birmingham School Board in......

The Government Banking Bill.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—The Banking Bill introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer seems to require so many alterations to make it ac- ceptable, even to......