8 APRIL 1882, page 15

Presentiments.

[To THZ EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:9 SIR, —There is a strange story in to-day's Times about the last victim [unfortunately no longer the last] to the Irish agitation, Mr.......

Art.

SWISS DRAWINGS BY MR. W. THOMAS.* WHERE is the boundary-line to be drawn between professional and amateur work, how are we to know and judge the one from the other The matter......

Mr. Hailstone's "iliad."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Having been a pupil of the late Rev. R. Shilleto for the space of two years, may I be permitted to call the attention of your reviewer......

Poetry.

Nor Aphrodite's perfect face And golden hair, She is dearer unto me Than another e'er could be, And more fair. "Is she rich, then P" Oh! dear, no, But I have enoughj trow, For......