30 NOVEMBER 1872, page 14

Lord Lyitelton's Joke.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIB,—It was not "some silly, narrow, and doctrinaire educational authorities" who said what you quote about Lord Granville, but one person......

Irish Millionaires.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOR.1 Sin, —In your article of the 23rd on "The Fascination of Money' you remark that English millionaires never do anything noble- with their......

The Municipal Elections.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,. –.The result of the Municipal elections has, in the great majority of towns, been in favour of the Conservative candidates, and this......

Thomas Chaucer.

[To THIS EDITOR OF THII "SPEOTJTOR.1 SIR,—In your interesting article on " Ewelme," in the Spectata of November 16, your writer repeated and enlarged on the old skew of Thomas......

Books.

MR. FROUDE ON TIIE ENGLISH IN IRELAND.* Mn. FROUDE cannot be accused of want either of courage or- of consistency in writing this book. From first to last it is &- pamphlet......

M. Laveleye On The Belgian Clergy. [to The Editor Of

THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In an article published in the let of November issue of the Fortnightly Review I cited a particular fact in proof that the Belgian clergy make the......

Bountiful.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTITOB-'] SIR,—Will you ask your last week's correspondent who calla , Bountiful "good Saxon" to buy a half-crown etymological dictionary, and learn......

Winchester "'funding."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE"SPECTATOR?] SIR,—Your doubt whether it can be right "for public school- masters to teach their scholars, who will be the magistrates of the next......