19 AUGUST 1893, page 17

The Referendum And The House Of Commons.

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With reference to the interesting letters on the Referen- dum which have appeared in the Spectator, it seems important at the present......

Cardinal Newman And Sir Richard Burton.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOII.1 SIR,—I have not yet seen the new "Life of Sir Richard Burton," but I find from the letter signed "J. W. 0.." in the Spectator of August......

Books.

THE LIFE OF SIR RICHARD BURTON.* SIR RICHARD BURTON was born on March 19th, 1821, at Barkbam House, Herts.f After an irregular education on the Continent, and at a private......

The Silver Question.

LTO THR EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] see by your article in the Spectator of August 12th, on "The Silver Crisis," that you are a monometallist, but dis- posed to make......