19 AUGUST 1899, page 12

The Charms Of An Irish Holiday.

T RELAND may be, from the point of view of mere worldly prosperity, "a grand country to live out of" ; on the other hand, none but the most captious critics can deny that it is......

Correspondence.

WAR IN THE VILLAGE. [TO TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. - ] Sin,--The ignorance which prevails among our rural popula- tion on the subject of war and the Army is surprising when......