28 FEBRUARY 1885, page 14

The Monument To General Gordon.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." j SIR,—" His disconsolate widow now carries on the old-established business in Brick Street." "Let me see, sirs ; first we lost our wee......

Congregational Hymns.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPMETLTOR.1 Sin,—May I be permitted to point out a slight error into which your reviewer has fallen in his kindly notice of "Congregational Hymns." He......

Poetry.

A MOAN IN CHURCH. [WRITTEN DURING SERMON.] Duu-ssarnaso,leaden-eyed, the preacher stands, And holds the sacred volume in his hands. No touch of genius lightens up his face ; No......

B 0 0 K-s.

• LA 131113YERE.* IT is not easy to determine La Bruyere's exact place in literature. He tells us that he is neither a writer of maxillas, like La Rocliefoucauld, nor a......