4 DECEMBER 1875, page 14

Madeira.

[TO THE EDITOR. OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In your issue of August 7, in reviewing an article in Fraser's Magazine, on the Island of Madeira, you say :—" The island,......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator."]

gather from your editorial note to my letter on the subject of Mr. Grignon's dismissal that in striving to be brief, I became obscure. I will endeavour to make my meaning more......

The Victoria Institute And The Antiquity Of Man.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — With regard to a paper on the antiquity of man by Mr. Pattison, to which you refer in your last issue, may I be per- mitted to mention......

Endowed Schools And "visitors."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, —With reference to the suggestion in last week's Spectator, that in future Endowed-School schemes no appeal should ever be allowed to......

Poetry.

SHELLEY'S DEATH. [" A little while ago, there died at Spezzia an old sailor, who in his last confession to the priest (whom he told to make it public) stated that he was one of......