30 JANUARY 1904, page 31

Musi C.

STATE-SUBSIDISED OPERA. THE recently issued Parliamentary White-paper containing information as to the financial support furnished by the State to music and the drama in foreign......

The Morals Of The Potteries. [to The Editor Op The

"SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Your correspondent "E. S. H." in the Spectator of January 23rd has fallen into a somewhat common error in speaking of the Potteries as the "Black Country."......

The Late Herbert Spencer's Biography.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Having been entrusted by the late Mr. Herbert Spencer with the writing of his biography, I shall be greatly obliged to persons who may......

Poetry.

AFRICA. SHE stands, with dusky head downbent, And gloomy eyes that spell despair, She who is old—yet young of face,— She to whom fell the dark disgrace, Cain's evil brood to......

Montalembert And The House Of Lords.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—fn "Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville " (brother of the author of "The Greville Memoirs ") is to be found the following entry,......