21 MAY 1887, page 15

Poetry.

OXFORD TO LONDON. 0 FRIEND, who labouring for the State, With sittings early, sittings late, Dost gnaw thy soul with righteous anger At party violence, party hate: To see our......

Art.

THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER- COLOURS. DECOND NOTICE.] MR. ALBERT GOODWIN'S work in the present exhibition is at once attractive and irritating. He sends five or six......

The Late Dr. Ross.

[To TITS EDITOR Or Tee EPROTATOlt." Sta,—A wish has been expressed by the personal friends of the late Alexander J. Ross, D.D., that some corporate form should be given to his......

The National Debt.

[To THE EDITOR or TEE Erigorms."] Sus,—I am sorry that in striving for conciseness I failed to- make my meaning. distinct. My point is this. So long as the appreciation of gold......