4 OCTOBER 1890, page 18

" Giving The Office."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,-In an article on " Slang, Jargon, and Cant," you speak of the unsatisfactory explanation of " giving the office." May not " office " be......

Cardinal Newman's Later Works.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." SIR,—The Times of September 18th contained a disparaging and inaccurate account of Cardinal Newman's literary labours subsequent to his......

" The Imitation Of Christ."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, -Surely numerous additions from " distinguished English writers " might be made to the passage in " The Mill on the Floss " in praise......

The Cat's Toilette.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,-You do mention my friend the cat in your charming little paper• on "Animals' Toilettes," but hardly, I submit, with that emphasis that......

Hebrew Prophetic Numbers.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, -Your• interesting article in the Spectator of September• 6th on " Sortes Bibliese " (which I have only just seen), may per- haps be an......