6 OCTOBER 1888, page 13

" Sneap " And " Snub." [to The Editor Of

THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIB, — I may remind your correspondents of Chaucer's use of this word. It occurs in the well-known description of " The Poor Parson," in the " Prologue,"......

A Strange Friendship.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Ainger's letter in the Spectator of September 22nd reminds me of an almost identical friendship that existed some years ago at Grove House,......

" Thebes " And " Thebf.."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] *Sin,—I beg leave to make a remark on one point in your -valuable notice of Professor Jebb's edition of the Antigone, in the Spectator of......

Cicero.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:9 Sin,—When I read (in your review of Mr. Yorke Fausset's • edition of the " Pro Cluentio") that Cicero "afterwards boasted to Quintilian " how......

Books.

EWALD'S BIBLICAL THEOLOGY.* " AT present," says Mr. Goadby, " there is absolutely no original work in the English language dealing with the theology of Scripture from a purely......

Stays And Belts.

['re mos EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOE."] Sin,—In commenting on the paper read by Professor Roy in defence of stays, at the recent meeting of the British Association, after quoting......