24 JUNE 1899, page 32

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

SIR. —In reading your article on " The Ladder of Learning" in the Spectator of June 17th, I notice no reference is made to the system in vogue in Wales, which is admitted to be......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

your interesting article on "The Ladder of Learn- ing" in the Spectator of June 17th, you imply that it is somewhat exceptional, if not unique, for a boy who has spent his early......

The Ladder Of Learning.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Referring to your article, "The Ladder of Learning," in the Spectator of Jane 17th, it may be of interest to note the first-fruits of......

The Peace Conference.—a Parallel.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR.,—May I be permitted to draw a parallel in your paper between the Peace Conference now being held at the Hague and the Holy Alliance of......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator. "]

SIR,—In an interesting article in the Spectator of June 17th reference is made to Mr. Birtwistle's triumphal progress from a Wesleyan day-school to the honour of Senior Wrangler......

A Beautiful Epitaph.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As a specimen of the lapidary style the following epitaph, composed by the late Bishop Wordsworth, of St. Andrews, for his wife's grave......

The Last Word Of A Great Surgeon.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Permit me to call the attention of your readers to the testimony given by the late most eminent surgeon, Mr. Lawson Tait, to the......