31 MARCH 1877, page 14

Licensing By Auction.

Exo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I see that one of my brother-magistrates has just been giving strong evidence in favour of free-trade in licensing, and that another......

Dean Stanley And Spinoza.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] SIRS I trust you will allow me to rectify an injustice done to Spinoza in the last Spectator. Commenting on Dean Stanley's endorsement of M.......

Poetry.

EASTER EVE. EARTH, what a precious burden dost thou bear, This day and night, within thy rugged breast ! With steadier course about the sun should fare Thy footsteps, lest they......

Art.

POPULAR ART.—IV. COLOUR AND ORNAMENT. A FRIEND has observed to me that these scattered hints on deco- ration would be of more practical service if I gave an account of the......

Mr. Paley's " Hecuba."

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") ai .-xcixce l .coy cinairoq Firearais: Xe11014110 EY07:re6)n, Aeinlermid cirielhopoq El; ak/Gic, iz - AilAvrog i; ftipciy. Is not the late......

A Pancake-maker,—in Paris. Under An Archway He Stands, —...

is there, The little old pancake-man, with his tins, and his cooking-ware ; Tossing his batter aloft, as he brays out many a yarn Concerning the making of crêpes, which he......