1 MAY 1886, page 9

The Mutilation Of Animals.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sfa,—You observe, in the Spectator of October 16th, upon the horror created in England by the mutilation of animals, which is so common a......

Poetry.

IDYLLS OF THE ILIAD.—XIV. PRIAM. As when, within the courtyard of a king, A stately oak, planted by former men, Spreads wide its sacred shelter, till the day, When foemen burst......

Nonconformists And An Educated Ministry. [to Eke Editor...

"SpEciaTon."1 Sin,—It is a matter of real grief to not a few of your readers and admirers that—in spite of your proverbial and undoubtedly genuine candour, and the best of......