The Etymology Of " Miniature."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the article on " The Exhibition of Miniatures at the Burlington Fine Arts Club," in the Spectator of April 20th, there is the......
" Corp."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —The"old corp road," over the hills between Langdale and Grasmere, is the track along which funerals used to come from the former to......
" Pace-eggers."
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Your correspondents have done well to draw attention to points in connection with this subject. The question might be treated at......
Dogs And Pictures.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—If your correspondent, " F. W.," has not met with it already, he will be interested in the following well-authenti- cated instance of......
Pedantry In The National Gallery. Pro The Editor Of The
" SPECTATOR:1 SIR, — On paying a visit to the National Gallery, I was dis- appointed to find that the old familiar names of the painters had disappeared from the pictures.......
Sailors' Chaunts.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] the Spectator of April 20th, you review Miss Smith's " Music of the Waters," and you mention appreciatively the North-Country " chanty," of......
Irish " Bulls."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have not observed among your collection of Irish " bulls " one I heard of some time ago,—" Don't interrupt me till I'm done."—I am,......
An Orphanage In Straits.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the quiet suburb of Upper Clapton, an unpretending work of great usefulness has been carried on for some years. Twenty years ago, a......
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