30 MAY 1874, page 15

Poetry.

THE UNKNOWN DEITY. THERE stood an altar in a lonely wood, And over was a veiled deity, And no man dared to raise the veiling hood, Nor any knew what god they then should see. -......

Art.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY. [THIRD NOTICE:I IT does not matter in the least whether Mr. Leighton's picture of lovely draped figures in a courtyard, striking lemons from a tree, and doing......

Calvin And The Sabbath.

[To THR EDITOR OP TRH " SPECTLTOR.1 your last impression the question is raised whether Mr. Peter Taylor was right in counting Calvin among anti-Sabbatarians. I would call your......

The Duke Of Connaught.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] "SIR,—It is announced that the Queen is to make her son Arthur Duke of Connaught, and Irishmen may take it as a good omen. The literary and......

Ill-treatment Of Birds In Cages. [to The Editor Of The

"SPECTATOR:'] Sra,—With your kind permission, I beg to say a word in the Spectator on behalf of a class of creatures which cannot speak for themselves. During the hot weather......