22 DECEMBER 1888, page 17

"the Sale Of T Fie Pet-lamb."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, — The picture of "The Sale of the Pet-Lamb," referred to by your correspondent in the Spectator of December 15th, was by William......

"this Otherwise Beautiful Hymn."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB,—Most thoroughly as I agree with your severe criticism of the "stony griefs" verse in Mrs. Adams's well-known hymn, "Nearer to Thee," I......

Owners And Occupiers.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.') SIR,—The elections for County Councils are bringing pro- minently to the front a very interesting fact,—which is, that the small householder......

The Nightingale.

THOUGH age to age has handed down the tale, Since first the Grecian shaped it into song, Of Itys slain and Philomela's wrong, I, listening to thy music, Nightingale, Hear not......

The Oxford Hymnology.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, — It might be of interest to some of your readers to know that the University of Orford not long ago appointed a small committee (of......

Cape "boards Of Executors," Etc.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — I quite agree with your correspondent, "E. J. E.," in the Spectator of December 15th, that there is some danger that in a Colony like......

Poetry.

OUR CHILDREN. I LOOKED at the happy children Who gathered around the hearth ; So blithe they were, no children Could happier be on earth ; With their merry plays, and their......