29 MAY 1886, page 14

Muzzling In The Dog-days.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."f SIR,—The renewal of the stringent order for the muzzling of dogs is likely to give much dissatisfaction, and not without reason ; for the......

The Poverty Of Ireland.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR."J Sta,—Of the facts about Ireland which I am submitting to eager rustic audiences, I venture to think that the leading one is too much ignored......

Home-rule.—a Suggestion.

1-TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sta,—How to combine the concession of local self-government in its widest sense, or Home-rule, with the maintenance of abso- lute "Imperial......

The Clergy And The Coming Election.

[To TRY EDITOR OF THE " BIECTATOR.'q Sia,—There are many of the clergy of the National Church in a difficult position in regard to the coming Election. Those who would take an......

Poetry.

IDYLLS OF THE ILIAD.—X. ANDROMACHE. IN Mysia, where the deep-soiled Apian plain Slopes to the golden waves of Rhyndacus, O'er Thebe, underneath the wooded heights Of Places,......