6 MARCH 1886, page 16

Loss At Sea.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] S1R,—With reference to a paragraph in the Spectator of February 27th, commenting on a table of returns of the busi- ness of certain Insurance......

Poetry.

MIN. [" For a great God is in them, and he groweth not old." — Cimaus.] OPT of the Mother we sung, Oft of the deep and its might, Oft of the Moon that is hung High in the cavern......

Lord Aberdeen.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOE."1 SIR, — In your excellent and timely article on Lord Aberdeen you speak of him as a Presbyterian. Is not a little miscon- ception likely to......

Books.

TIRYNS, " TUE Prehistoric Palace of the Kings of Tiryns," is an im- posing title, in the style with which Dr. Schliemann has made us familiar, and is undoubtedly well fitted to......