28 SEPTEMBER 1872, page 17

Possible Evils Of The Scotch Education Act.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") yon allow me, as one who took part in the agitation against the Scotch Education Act, to explain briefly the Radical ground of my opposition,......

Sonnet.—humili Ty.

Fain, soft, Humility, so seldom seen, So oft despised upon this little earth, Counted by men as dross of nothing worth, Though in the sight of Mightiness supreme 'Tis hailed and......

Poetry.

Of hopeless craving for a long-sought rest ; Hurrying along, as if it too could know The wish for shelter for a heart opprest. And then a milder strain ; the soft sweet notes......

"mark Twain" And His English Editor.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —It was unkind of "Mark Twain" to write you that note last week concerning myself. You may, perhaps, remember that in June last you......

Literature In Primary Schools.

[TO TER EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Permit me to say a word on a subject, touched on by your correspondent "C. H. W. B.," which interests me much. I share his strong......

Leicestershire Vernacular.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, —I have seen to-day the letter (under the above heading) in the Spectator of September 14, mentioning that the Leicestershire word " kid......

Etuurom. — In Mr. Edward Fry's Letter On "darwinism And...

in our last number, there was a slight misprint which affects the sense somewhat seriously. One of the sentences in the last para- graph but two should run thus :—" Who can......