Mr. Gladstone And The Ionian Islands. [to The Editor Of
THE "SPECTATOR."] Stit, — It was no doubt in Italian, and not in Greek, that Mr. Gladstone addressed the inhabitants of the Ionian Islands. When I was at Corfu a few years ago......
The English Captain.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Stn,—Having noticed that Mr. Merivale ' s translation in the Spectator of October 20th from the Norwegian of a poem called" The English......
The Importance Of Speed To Commerce. [to The Editor Of
THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In your article (Spectator, October 13th) on the im- portance of speed to commerce you said nothing of the speed of our English goods trains, but the......
The Word "stuff. "
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] sra,—May I draw attention to the way in which a word in our language appears to have changed its meaning entirely in the course of one......
Poetry.
EMILE LOITBET. 0 . ER thee no eagle spreads her vanes The idle crowd to awe : The true Imperial bird, that reigns By right of beak and claw. No hero nor no King in thee Thy......
The Fiscal Outlook.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your article on "The Fiscal Outlook" in the Spectator of October 27th you write : "They cannot, we think, raise the Income-tax,......
England Not A " Germanic " Nation. [to The Editor
OP TUB "SPECTATOR."] Sin, — The German Emperor has been pleased lately to speak of England as a " Germanic " nation. The term is inappro - priate. We are not Germans. The......
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