24 DECEMBER 1870, page 14

"a Good Work" At Brighton.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—I am commissioned to thank you, in the name of Mrs. Vicars, and other supporters of the "Albion Hill Home for Female Penitents,......

Estimates Of The English Kings.

XVIII.—HENRY VII. W ITH Henry Tudor, or as he is generally called, from his title before his accession to the Crown, Henry of Rich- mond, we commence a new era in English......

Letters To The Editor.

"THE BIBLE WITHOUT NOTE OR COMMENT." (TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The argument of your correspondent "0." in favour of read- ing the Bible in schools "without note or......

The Soul's History.

(SUGGESTED BY A QUARTET OF BEETHOVEN, DECEMBER 19, 1570) Forth on a new-born world with eager mien She gazed and marvelled, of herself aware The sovereign over realms exceeding......

Poetry.

THE SYRENS. Off Capri, .April. 1868. LOOK down,—far downward! Are not those the Syrens? Do not their white arms gleam, Where wavering sunbeams light the depths of ocean, Like......