18 DECEMBER 1886, page 14

Art.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER- COLOURS. TICE present exhibition of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours is nominally, as usual, one of sketches an studies ; but......

Dogs.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."' Snt,—On behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Hydro- phobia, I beg very cordially to thank your correspondent, "Live, and Let Live,"......

German Knowledge Of Bishop Butler.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR!"J Snt,—In your review, on December 11th, of Dr. Pfleiderer's "Philosophy of Religion," the statement occurs that " Herzog's......

Poetry.

LA.TET ANGUIS. full of purest influence On human mind and mood, Of holiest joy to human sense, Are river, field, and wood ; And better must all childhood be That knows a garden......

"the Silence Of Dean Maitland."

170 THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. Stn,—My attention has been directed to the striking resemblance which exists between the closing scene in "The Silence of Dean Maitland,"......

The Chinese Theatre.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR, — I have not seen General Tcheng Ki-tong's book on "The Chinese Theatre," so I scarcely know who is responsible for the surprising......