6 NOVEMBER 1886, page 15

Poetry.

AUTUMN SONG. SUMMER hath too short a date, Autumn enters, ah ! how soon, Scattering with scornful hate All the joys of June. Nay, say not so; Nothing here below But dies To rise......

Materialism And Morality.

[To TN' EDITOR OF TICE " SPECTATOR:] SIR, — Will you kindly allow me a little space to correct one— perhaps the most important—of several annoying errors of the press in my......

S Chool Fees And The London School Board.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] 'SIR,—I think that Mr. Llewelyn Davies misses the point of the opponents of the new scheme for the recovery of school fees in London. The......

The Mutilation Of Animals.

[T0 TEN EDITOR or run " SrEcrArOs."] rSra,—The docking of horses, alluded to by " X.," is punishable -by law, and has been punished in several instances. Every case that comes......

The Nonconformists And Secular Learning. [to The Editor...

" SPECTATOR.'] SIR, — It is unfortunate that, out of the many letters sent you in reply to your assertion that the most active Nonconformists of fifty years ago were suspicions......

Books •

SIR PERCIVAL! Tins book wants substance. It is all atmosphere and im- pression. That which gave John Inglesant its attractiveness is here in plenty, but not that which made one......

The Scottish Liberal Association And Its Vote.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR:] Sni,—As a member of this Association, will you allow me to- protest against the way in which the Times deals with important- political......