22 APRIL 1876, page 14

Barbados.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Stn,—I notice that your comments upon recent occurrences in Barbados are based upon statements in the address of the Governor. It is right......

Poetry.

THE GRAFIN VON ROSENAU. THERE is a lady crown'd so high, She hath equal none beneath the sky ; When in the world there is war's wild stir, Millions of hearts beat strong for......

April : A Sonnet.

SNOW on the ground, and blossoms on the trees ! A bitter wind sweeps madly 'cross the moor ; The children shiver at the cottage door, And old men crouch beside the fire for......

Books.

THE HAND OF ETHELBERTA.* Mu. HARDY calls the Hand of Ethelberta "a comedy in chapters," and certainly if it be the main criterion of a comedy that it amuses, he could not have......

Local Rates And Central Grants.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "smarm:m:1 have been looking over the file of the Spectator for 1875, and have been struck by your article of November 20, entitled " Another Lesson from......