7 JUNE 1879, page 16

Mr. Macrae And Professor Haeckel.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Down south here, in sunshine and silence, there is full leisure to read and enjoy a remarkable number of the Spectator, such as that......

Letters To The Editor.

THE IRISH CATHOLICS AND THE UNIVERSITY QUESTION. cro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-" Facts," it is often said, are our best teachers. An inci- dent which not long since......

Canning's Epigram On Mr. Whitbread.

[TO THE EDITOR. OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, In your notice of the late Mr. Samuel Charles Whitbread, in last Saturday's Spectator, you refer to Mr. Canning's well- known lines.......

Aristotle And Mr. Bro Wning's Idyl.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, —It may be of interest to point out the origin of Mr. Browning's story of " Halbert and Hob "—quoted in your last number—in the "......