29 MAY 1897, page 14

A Cat-story.

[To MI EDITOR or THZ " SPECTATOlf."1 Six,—Thinking the following incident shows great intelli- gence in a cat, I am sending you an account of it. On the second day of my......

The Astronomical Notice To Quit.

[To THZ EDITOR Or TRI SPECTATOL"] SIR,—I have not at hand the discussion referred to in the Spectator of May 22nd, but I have no doubt that Mr. Proctor's prediction was based on......

Letters To The Editor.

JUBILEE BONFIRES : NO POSTPONEMENT OF DATE. [To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR...1 SIR,—In answer to " Fen-de-joie's" interesting suggestion, in the Spectator of May 22nd, that......

Tile Disaster In Paris.

[To mg EDITOR or TRZ " SPICTATOR."] Sue—Fully alive to the theological difficulties suggested by "the terrible catastrophes which so often eclipse the faith or startle the......

English Hexameters. [to Tax Eorrok Or Tax "sracrarori."]...

reader who is interested in such verses say a word about the lines by R. H. Law in the Spectator of May 22nd ? They are evidently written by ear, not by pseudo- classical rule.......

English Nonconformity.

[To THZ EDITOR or TRZ " SPICCIATOIL.'] SIR,—In the Spectator of May 15th Mr. J. E. Harlow assumed that " to a very large extent the Wesleyans are associated with the movement......

A Bird-story.

[TO TEM EDITOR OF 151 eviersvos.."] , SIR,—The rarity of woodcock-breeding in England may possibly make the following instance worthy of mention. Last Sunday, when sitting in......