17 SEPTEMBER 1881, page 13

M. Gambetta And French Religion.

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Commenting on Gambetta and French religion, you intimate that reverence for One above man is antecedent to the tie which binds man to......

The English Bye-elections.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 STR,-It seems to me that in your issue of September 10th you lay too much stress upon the three English bye-elections that have lately taken......

Madame De Sevigne

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It may, perhaps, be interesting to some of your readers to have recalled to their minds what Napoleon said of the letters and style of......

The Ritualists And The Law.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") *Sfa,—Your article last week upon the above subject purports, as I understand it, to give "a clear view of the points at issue, and of the......

Poetry.

LING HOLME WINDERMERE. THE rivers feed thee from the valleys round, And rills from clustering mountains, Windermere; And in thy wind-stirred waters moves the sound Of life from......

"french History For English Children."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the review of Miss Brook's "French History for English Children," the writer remarks that the "story of France, as a whole, has been"......

A Musical Wood-pigeon.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You may like to add the following to Dr. Littledale's story of the musical cat. One day, during the severest part of last winter, a poor......