7 MARCH 1885, page 13

Some Turkish Proverbs.

I F the Turk has been qualified as " unspeakable," he is very far from being inarticulate. Strange as it may seem to those who have formed their opinion of him from hearsay, if......

Letters To The Editor.

SMALL FARMS AND AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." . ] Sin, Whether the theory that small farms are advantageous as steps by which agricultural......

Gordon And The Government.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "' Stn,—Your correspondent, "An Englishwoman," asks why the nation cannot do honour to General Gordon without doing injustice to Mr. Gladstone......

Prince Bismarck's Colonial Policy.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR " . 1 SIR,—I am morally convinced that Bismarck's present Colonial policy has chiefly arisen from the Lasker incident. He cannot pardon the......