30 MAY 1885, page 16

Dr. Martineau's Types Of Ethical Theory. [to The Editor...

Sin,—All friends and admirers of Dr. Martineau will highly value your careful, kindly, reverential notice of his great work. I think most readers will sympathise with your......

" Very Feminine."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SLE, — I think that women may justly complain of the tendency shown lately in the Spectator to lower the meaning of the beautiful word......

Mr. Keenan's " Trajan."

[To TILE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR."] So.,—In your review of Mr. Keenan's "Trajan," you say that its appearance in England has been " heralded by nearly as emphatic a enlogium......

A Correction.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." I SIR, —" The King sent books to Oxford." I only quote from memory, but I am certain of the lines as I knew them when a boy ; also of the......

The Cat.

fTo TEE EDITOR OF Tire " SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—The domestic cat is a wonderful animal; but I fancy your readers are not aware that they can open doors. I have one that always opens......

. Poetry.

THE RELIGIOUS TEACHING OF HORACE. ODI PROFANUM. PREFATORY NOTE. [This Ode, as indicated by its solemn exordium, is the assertion of a religions and moral philosophy. It teaches......