1 SEPTEMBER 1888, page 15

Canine Instinct, Or Reason ?

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—The following incident in dog-life may perhaps find a place in the Spectator. I quote from a letter received a few days ago from my......

Vivisection.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." _I SIR, —May I call your attention to the opening passage of the Bishop of Albany's sermon preached in St. Paul's Cathedral on June 13th, at......

Peterborough Cathedral.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIB,—I agree with Mr. Benson that the tower of Peterborough Cathedral, as it now appears, is "unemphatic," and it is un- finished. But......

A Change Of Title.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] -STR,—We notice in your issue of August 25th that you have reviewed a novel of ours, entitled " Mine Own Familiar Friend;" but since sending......

Poetry.

MITRIEL. BENEATH the sheltering oak she lay, And dreamed the love-long afternoon, That blent the burning height of day With the cool eve of royal June. What are her dreams......