5 FEBRUARY 1881, page 12

Cambridge Reform.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:I Sig, - I entirely agree that the Headships at Cambridge should be abolished. All our Master did, in my time, was to preach and celebrate the......

Irish Coercion.

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTATOR."] SIR,—While fully admitting the necessity which was laid upon the Government of repressing crime in Ireland by exceptional measures, I......

Poetry.

Cease for one moment thy complaining dreary, And tell me if thou art not sad and weary, And if thy travel is not long and eerie,- 0 wild and woeful wind! 0 houseless, homeless......

"the Virgin's Cradle-song."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] SIE,—I have just seen a letter which appeared in the Spectator of January 22nd, concerning the " Virgin's Cradle - Song," quoted by you in......

Art.

THE OLD MASTERS AT BURLINGTON HOUSE. [GENERAL VIEW.] THE exhibition is one of fair, general interest, though it is not rich in any individual particular, as most of the former......