4 AUGUST 1877, page 19

Poetry.

SONNET. A moriaNT past, the whole of this fair scene Was wrapt by clouds that now are rolling fast Up yonder mountain. See now, where the last Has left its top, the landscape......

Vivisection.

[TO THE EDITOR OF Tan "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Pray permit me to correct two misprints in my letter which you were good enough to publish last week :—For " Bd- elarch" read "Bedard,"......

The Political Situation In Victoria.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIB, —In confirmation of a passage in my letter published in the Spectator of the 28th ult., in which I wrote, "It does not follow from the......

The Appeal From Monitorial Tyranny.

(TO THE EDITOR OF Tau "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I have no wish to enter into controversy with "A. C. P." as to the merits or demerits of any particular school. The general aspect of......

The Fall In Rentals.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sur,—With reference to your article on the decline in the rental of land, I believe the explanation to be a very simple one. Up to a period......

Books.

PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN.* LC is too bad. Mr. Dobson can give us something better than; this. The man who has once shown he can entertain his friends , should scarcely ask them to......