20 DECEMBER 1884, page 13

Art.

MR. J. D. LINTON'S PAINTING.* Tins exhibition of Mr. Linton's works will be in some respects a surprise to his admirers, not so much from its quality as front the fact that......

Marriage And The Cholera.

pro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-"] Sfit,—That married men are longer-lived than bachelors has long been a recognised fact. But the value of marriage to the male sex as a......

Ensilage—england,

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTA.2011."1 SIR, — I cannot imagine what I should have done this season without ensilage. In the autumn of 1883 I sowed ten and a half acres of......

Effect Of Outdoor Life On The Physique.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the Sp( ctator of November 29th, Mr. G. Darbishire writes from West Virginia that on the western slope of the Appalachians, or......

Poetry.

RELIGIO ACADEMICI—I. WHAT, you have found Hint not in the world-wide dome of St. Peter's, Not on the cross-crowned height, not in the Catacombs' cell ? Not in Ravenna mosaic, or......

Mr. Hughes's Ideal.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—The article on "Mr. Hughes's Ideal" in your last number is a timely contribution to the discussion of a question that is likely to......