31 DECEMBER 1881, page 16

Ireland.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Perhaps, in the present state of affairs, you may think it worth while to place before your readers the following passage, taken from a......

The Working Of The Irish Land Act. [to The Editor

OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The complaint is a very common one that Englishmen, too often, do not understand, and so misjudge, and mismanage, Irish affairs. No doubt it is so,......

Pope's " Ode To Venus."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I am reluctant to enter into a controversy with your kindly reviewer on what is, after all, a mere question of taste ; but as Pope's......

Mr. Green And The Bribery Sentences.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Stn,—The average Protestant Englishman prides himself on his singular exemption from the prejudices which blind men of other religions and......