21 JUNE 1879, page 16

(to The Editor Of The " Spectator. "]

SIR,—I' cannot agree with " W. T." that the Parliamentary return on this subject ought to be accepted as a fair "state- ment of the proportion of the population in connection......

Habit And Intelligence.

[re TILE EDITOR OF THE"SPECTATOR:.] SIR, —In your review of the new edition of my "Habit and Intelligence" (May 31st), you find an inconsistency between these two passages :—"......

A Plea For Infant-schools.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—On reading your interesting article on the London School Board, in the Spectator of the 14th inst., it struck me how, by endeavouring to......

Conservative Democracy In Switzerland.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In your article of last Saturday on " Conservative Democracy in Switzerland," you remark on the seemingly singular fact that Swiss......

Poetry.

AT SEA. WoRN voyagers, who watch for land Across the endless wastes of sea, Who gaze before and on each hand, Why look ye not to what ye flee The stars, by which the sailors......