24 SEPTEMBER 1887, page 15

Swimming Bats.

[To TER EDITOR Or VIZ " Ell•liCTATOR."] Sut,—A contemporary, the Saturday Review, lately made great fun of a statement in one of the daily papers that a bat had been observed......

Local Self-government In Ireland.

[TO TRIG EDITOR or Tar "Sercrrros.-] SIB,—With all due deference to Professor Dicey, I cannot admit that his case against the further extension of Local Self-govern- ment in......

An Unforeseen Result Of Liberal Unionism. [ts Tex Editor Or

Tax "SPECTATOR." Sra,—The late Session has taught the world much at the expense of Great Britain and Ireland, and nothing more emphatically than that even a portion of the......

Letters To The Editor.

PROFESSOR DICEY ON UNIONIST DELUSIONS.—VII. pro MB EDITOR OP Tun SPE0TAT0R:] Sin,—Home.rule may be a benefit or may be a curse to Ireland ; but Home-rule will, it is argued,......