14 JUNE 1879, page 16

The Hero's Wage.

[" The Central News Agency states, that in consideration of the gallantry displayed by the non-commissioned officers and men at Rorke's Drift, the issue has been sanctioned of......

Poetry.

A DEAD TREE. THE field with buttercups is Cloth of Gold, Beneath the burning blue; The tender tree-tops their last leaves unfold, And find their dreams are true. Yes, it is......

Art.

THE ROYAL ACADEMY. [FOURTH NOTICE.] WE will, in this article, sketch, as briefly as possible, the sub- ject and scope of some of the pictures which attract notice in passing......

The Church Of Scotland.—returns Of Communicants.

(TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SPECTATOR.") SIR,-I observe in your interesting and otherwise fair article on "The Scottish Churches and their Assemblies," the following sentence, on the......