18 JANUARY 1879, page 14

Leo Xiii.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR, — Will you allow me to express my sense of the singular injustice done to Leo XIII., by confounding his encyclical with similar......

The Scotch Lottery Scheme.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—We are deeply indebted to you for giving voice to that condemnation of the Lottery which most Scotchmen feel, but which some have been......

Books.

LOUIS XV.'s SECRET DIPLOMACY.* [SECOND NOTICE.] IN November, 1762, peace was signed between France and Eng- land. Within a few months after that date, Louis XV. amused himself......

Cinderella.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—Last week's Spectator contained a friendly remonstrance with me on the subject of Cinderella's mythological significance. Allow me to beg......