23 JANUARY 1875, page 15

Gibbon And Louis Xvi.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] find the following notice in the catalogue of a Paris publisher :— "Gibbon, Histoire de la Decadence et 'de la Chute de l'Empire &main,......

Art.

THE WATER-COLOUR SOCIETY. 'THE Winter Exhibition of sketches and studies by the Society of Painters in Water-Colours has opened a month later than usual, by reason of......

Poetry.

ASPIRATION. ("As an ea g le etirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her youn g , spreadeth abroad ber win g s, taketh them, beareth them on her win g s He made him ride on the hi......