The Catholic Peers.

[To on Maros or THE SPECTET01."J Sth.,—In your excellent article on "The Catholic Peers," you say that "the old rule which forbids communion in semis with heretics has......

Art.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY. [FOURTH NOTICE.] The portraiture of this year's Academy is remarkable for its unexpectedness, by which we mean that, with perhaps the exception of the works......

The Flight Of The Albatross.

ITO THE EDITOR Or ins ERECTAT0101 Sra,—Another argument occurs to me, which I state for what it may be worth. A traveller, whose name I cannot give without reference to a book......

Indecision.

INvistsLE, unspeakable, whose voice In the soft murmur of this neighbouring sea, From the beginning everlastingly Is thy own witness, energise my choice Even now, by more than......

A Smart Dog.

[To THE EDITOR OR TRH “EIRECTATOR.“] Sut,—For a good many years I have been a constant reader of your valued journal. I have enjoyed your frequent anecdotes of the intelligence......

Poetry.

&IMOD& CORDA.. OR, once to soar, a lark—or sail, a cloud, In the eternal azure overspread ! Could ever the world's voices, vain and loud, Allure again the soul that once had fed......

Gnostic Agnosticism.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " &smarm"] am very much flattered by the notice which the Spectator has taken of my little book, "Naturoi Veritas," and I fully respect the criticism to......