28 SEPTEMBER 1878, page 13

Mr. Symonds's Accuracy.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—There is a legend in the apocryphal Gospel of Mary accord- ing to which Joseph was chosen for Mary's husband because his rod budded into......

Letters To The Editor.

ARMENIA. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—A telegram from Constantinople, dated September 22nd, has appeared in the leading daily journals announcing that " Safvet Pasha......

Protection In Canada.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In your paper of September 21st, you say that if the Canadians "put on duties as heavy as those of the Union, they may obtain free-trade......

Calculating Boys.

M R. GEORGE BIDDER, once well known to all the world as "the Devonshire Calculating Boy," died the other day at a ripe age. He had the good-sense, after delighting the " ground-......

The True Defence Of Trial By Jury.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—There is one aspect of Trial by Jury that is left out of view in your interesting article in last week's Spectator, and that is, its......