5 SEPTEMBER 1885, page 16

The Advancing Influence Of Women.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Hasty generalisation is the common fault of untrained minds. Yet it is precisely that into which the Spectator continually falls......

Poetry.

VOTING BY BALLOT. THERE'S Mister Ball down in these parts, an ' a fine ole gent he weer, An ' he ' s served in hevery Parlament for well nigh thirty year ; An ' there ' s Simon......

The Channel Islands.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Will you allow me to offer a remark upon the letter of Mr. W. Herbert Hill in the Spectator for August 22nd, and your comment ? The......

Free Schools.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR "] have only to-day seen the letter in your columns from Mr. Lee-Warner, of Townt GonviNe, - Dorsetshire, in which he writes :- "Si,—Here, in......

Se A- Sickne S S.

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sra, — Mr. Williams will, I feel sure, pardon me if I point to an inaccuracy in his letter on the above subject in your issue of August......

Sir W. R. Hamilton And Professor Sylvester. To The Editor

OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In the very interesting review of Volume II. of Mr. R. P. Graves ' s " Life of Sir W. R. Hamilton, " is one assertion which is likely to mislead,......

The Bishops And Mr. Ktintnedy.

!To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, - 1 . 1118 controversy may be briefly summed up. To lie about the vote you have given, is evil. To give a dishonest vote, is evil. To......