29 MAY 1875, page 16

Mr. Brown And The County Bridge.

[TO TUR EDITOR OF THR SPECTATOR:1 do not see that it matters much whether the couplet about the bridge was Mr. Richard's or your own. The fact remains that he amused Parliament......

"the /esthetic Modifications Of Dissent." Go The Editor...

"SPECTATOR.') SIR,—I am greatly interested by your article upon "The lEsthetic Modifications of Dissent," though I cannot endorse your conclu- sions. No doubt Dissenters have......

Poetry.

"TO HONOUR THEE, SWEET MAY !"—Woanswousn. How fares it with thee, heart, to-day, When all around thee blooms the May ? This year of grace, this "seventy-five ;" Say, does it see......

Mrs. Elliot's "italians."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR. 4 ] Sre,—In your review of "The Italians" you speak of "the very great improbability that this novel should make its way in Italy beyond the......

Books.

AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION.* THE records of Australian exploration are full of deeds of heroism.. For long the interior of that vast continent baffled all attempts to penetrate its......