21 JANUARY 1865, page 15

England And New Zealand. To The Editor Op The "spectator."

Taranaki, November 9, 1864. Sin,—Perhaps at the present time, when the cost and circumstances of the Maori war have drawn a rather unusual degree of attention to New Zealand......

Books.

DE PROFUNDIS.* Mn. GILBERT'S novels do more, or seem to do more, to enlarge the field of actual experience than those of any other writer of the day. It is not only that he,......

The "conscience Clause" In National Schools.

To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR." Srn,—A meeting in Worcestershire, of which there is a report in the Times of this morning, deserves some notice for the sake of the question......