27 FEBRUARY 1892, page 18

Art.

MR. HERKOMER ON HIS ETCHINGS. To be so versatile an artist as Mr. Herkomer, is no doubt to find it difficult to address one audience at a time ; and in his Etching and Mezzotint......

Agricultural Labourers And " The Bastille."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—In your review of Mr. Kebbel's " The Old and New Country Life," you express your surprise " at Mr. Kebbel's recollections of labourers......

Lying In Court.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sit,—The Spectator of December 26th, 1891, liar only just reached me out here. Commenting on the late "Pearl Case," you suggest the passing......

Poetry.

A GOLDEN HOUR. A BECKONING spirit of gladness seemed afloat, That lightly danced in laughing air before us : The earth was all in tune, and you a note Of Nature's happy chorus.......

Land-purchase In Ireland.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your article on Mr. Balfour's Local Government Bill, it is stated :—" If the new Purchase Act had been accepted more readily by the......

" A Sweet Girl-graduate."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—I have to thank you for a very kind notice of my book, " A Sweet Girl-Graduate." I should like, however, to make a remark with regard......