19 DECEMBER 1885, page 13

The Pessimism Of Old Age.

W E wonder whether the wisdom of our ancestors was all wrong upon another point,—the proclivity of old age towards pessimism. There can, we think, be no doubt that they held......

The New And The Old.

ITo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, —" No one yet knows," you say with truth, in your "News of the Week," " how many the Radical chiefs have behind them," —meaning Mr.......

Letters To The Editor.

LIBERAL DEFEAT IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN COUNTIES. LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...1 SIR,—In your article on " The Distribution of Parties," you attribute the defeat which we......