28 MARCH 1885, page 14

Robbing The Public.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,---You have so often expressed sympathy for the poor persecuted tourist in his struggle to gain access to the beauties of Nature, now......

The University Suffrage.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J am right glad to see Mr. Portal's letter admitted into your paper. To make a monetary qualification necessary in a constituency like the......

Mark Pattison's Estimate Of Conington.

rTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J you kindly allow me to correct one of three or four misprints in my letter, which seriously affects, or rather eliminates, the sense of the......

The Gordon Memorial.

rm THE EDITOR Olt THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR, — L3 it "the first necessity of a memorial that, apart from the memories it evokes, it should be useless "? Is it not rather a mockery......

"the Rights Of Professors And The Rights Of Brutes."

ITo THE EDITOR OF THE "13PECTATOR."1 So„—Your note so well answers the particular issue which Professor Dicey's letter opens, that perhaps you will think further comment......

The Curse Of Scotland.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR '1 Sra,—With reference to letter on "The Curse of Scotland" by me in yesterday's Spectator, allow me to mention that my name is not William......

The Pun On Herat.

rTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Thanks are due to your correspondent " 0. " for bringing before us that delightful French story about Herat. May I suggest a slight......

Poetry.

THE VIRGIN IN HOLMAN HUNTS NEW PICTURE. DIVINELY sad, but yet serene, Worn with fatigue, but tranquil still, On foot, on hand, on form, on mien, Trace of the subjugated will,......