26 OCTOBER 1889, page 16

Poetry.

A MOTHER IN SPARTA. THE dawn wakes, and softly, as in sleep, Pale fingers thread the raven hair of night ; Now o'er the tender blue faint blushes creep, And day arises clad in......

Art.

THE GROSVENOR GALLERY.—SECOND PASTEL. EXHIBITION. THERE is unusually little in the present exhibition to interest or occupy either the public or the critic. The average quality......

Welsh Tithes.

[TO THE EDITOR. OP THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin, — Surely the letter of the Bishop of St. Asaph, in the Spectator of October 19th, is a better proof than aught else that the Church of......