1 AUGUST 1891, Page 17

MR. SPURGEON.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." ] SIR,—Permit me to say that I, for one, have anticipated the suggestion of "A. G. T.," contained in a letter which appeared in the Spectator of July 25th, and that "prayers have been offered" in my church the last three Sundays for Mr. Spurgeon's recovery.

As I am writing, may I add, in reference to my letter on "A Memorable Ornithological Event," which you were good enough to insert in the Spectator, that the hen bulbul has again laid two eggs in the same nest in the conservatory, and that she is now sitting on them very closely P I hope this time she may be successful, not only in hatching the eggs, but in rearing the young.—I am, Sir, &c.,