19 FEBRUARY 1876, page 17

Grisly Bears And Tigers.

[To his EDITOR Or sracra1es.1 Sus,—To-day, for the first time, I have seen Lord Southesk's letter to you on the subject of the comparative strength of grisly bears and tigers.......

The Qualifications For Chess.

[TO TER EDITOR OF TES "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent, "Queen's Bishop," asks for confirma- tion of his opinion that good chess-players are good draughtsmen. My father was......

Misquotation.

[TO TIM EDITOR OF TER SPROTATOR.") Si,—In a recent article on "Misquotation," you said that foreign poets were uniformly more correctly quoted than English ones by our writers.......

Letters To The Editor.

LIBERAL POLICY AND THE CRIMEAN WAR. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIN—I wish to protest against the application of such terms as "change of front" and "so novel a course......