8 OCTOBER 1881, page 11

Fifty Years Ago.

W E will go back just fifty years. Mr. Rennie's new London Bridge is open, but the old structure is not yet - taken down. The London University—Theodore Hook's " Stinko- make......

Episcopal Optimism.

1 1HE feature in the pre s ent Church Congress which im- presses us, more especially in the proceedings of the first day, is a certain change of tone, the development of a......