6 JULY 1878, page 16

Manchester And Thirlmere.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPICOTATOR.1 SIR,—" R. C.'s" letter in your last number seems to call for a few words in reply. To say that my reference to the Thirlmere Bill passing......

Poetry.

TWO SCHOOLBOYS. Two schoolboys on their way to school I day by day was meeting, Yet tho' I met them:dayiby day, We each and all pursued our way,— Nor changed a friendly......

Art.

NOTES ON MR. RUSKIN'S DRAWINGS. [EXHIBITED AT 148 NEW BOND STREET.] [FIRST NOTICE.] IT is much to be regretted that Mr. Ruskin did not choose s more commodious place for this......

A Tax On Expectations.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sta,—In speaking about the injustice of levying a tax on a non- existent article like unproductive land in America, you "suppose," as a......