22 MAY 1897, page 15

Poetry.

PLOUGHING. awe on the crest of the upland a ploughman stands with his horses, Figures of sculptured bronze they appear on the saffron sky- line; Low is the sun in the west, but......

Art.

THE ACADEMY.—LL MR. ABBEY'S Hamlet (No. 477) is an oasis in the desert of dreary realism and academic dullness which comprises the greater part of the pictures at the Academy. A......

The German Emigration Bill.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — The importance you ascribe to this measure is scarcely borne out by facts and possibilities. If no other ports were open to......

Parliament And Convocation.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPIACTATOR."] SIR,—May I point out one rather important omission in your most excellent article on the proposals of the Church Reform League, an article......

A Parish On Wheels.

go THE EDITOR OF THE " SPICTATOS."1 SIR,—In your exceedingly kind notice of my book in the Spectator of May 15th I read a sentence which convinces me that on one important point......

The Astronomical Notice To Quit.

[TO THY EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:I SIR,—Those of your readers possessing the Spectator for the year 1882 may feel interest in referring to your article in the number for......