Kew Gardens In May.
P EOPLE who can only manage to come once to Kew Gardens during the mon th of May do well to time their visit so as to hit off the moment when the hardy azaleas are in flower,......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator. "]
Sin,—The Duke of Rutland and others may recollect another "bantering " quotation applied by Sir Robert Peel to C. Wood when Chancellor of the Exchequer :— "Te triste lignum, to......
A Canine Nurse.
LT0 TH11 EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin,—Being a frequent reader of anecdotes of the sagacity of animals in your paper, I think you may consider the following trait of......
The Imperturbability Of The Agri- Cultural Labourer.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—There is oue feature of the character of the agri- cultural labourer, in these parts at any rate, with which he is perhaps not......
Letters To The Editor.
OUR STATESMEN AS HUMOURISTS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —I shall be much obliged by your admitting into your paper a more telling illustration of Sir R. Peel's......
Art.
THE ACADEMY.—II. "SUBJECT-PICTURES," OR PICTORIAL IMAGINATION V. THE ILLUSTRATION OF NARRATIVE. I MAINTAINED last week that the first condition of popularity in a picture was......
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