23 MAY 1896, page 14

The Liberal-irish Alliance.

[To ma EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:] Sin,—As a careful listener to the speeches of Dr. Berry an& Mr. Hirst Hollowell at the Congregational Union, will you allow me to add a word......

Letters To The Editor.

MR. AUGUSTINE BIRRELL AND COUNTY COUNCILS. [To TRH EDITOR OP THY "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. Augustine Birrell told in the House of Commons- a story of some farmer who declared that......

The Dutch "polders" In May.

T HE long drought of the present spring, which has destroyed or dwarfed the pastures of Southern Eng- land, has raised in the wet meadows of Holland a crop of grass and flowers......