1 AUGUST 1868, page 15

The Irish Church Question.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I respect Mr. Loftie's scruples, but the time is past for untying the knot ; it must be cut. "Lot right be done," not inquired into, is......

Books.

ANNALS OF THE BODLEIAN.* THERE is no lack of interesting details in this book, and the work of collecting them must have been unusually laborious. We fear, however, that Mr.......

A Translation.

Dianam tenera: dieite virgines.—lionAcs, Odes, Book I., 21. VIRGINS. Ye maidens fair ! the Maiden Goddess praise. YOUTHS. Your voice, ye youths! to youthful Phoebus raise. BOTH.......

Ireland And The Royal Family. [to The Editor Of The

"SPECTATOR."] SLR, —Perhaps you may allow one who is neither a Fenian in sympathy nor a Roman Catholic in religion, but who is of an "old Irish breed," to say a few words......