19 OCTOBER 1878, page 16

The Use Of Explosives In Mines.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—At this time, when so many able minds are engaged in considering what new inventions can be discovered to minimise the number of......

The English Abroad And Their Guide-books.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] shall be glad if you can allow me space in the Spectator for a few remarks on the above subject, which have been sug- gested to me by a four......

The "bankruptcy Of India."

[TO THS EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 do not know India, but on reading the article by Mr. Hyndman in the Nineteenth Century on the "Bankruptcy of India," and the reply to it in......

The Cycle Of Depression.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-1 agree with all you so admirably state in the suggestive article in the Spectator of the 12th inst., but I altogether fail to see that......

An Incident At The Church Congress.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TIES "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A trifling incident occurred at one of the meetings of the Sheffield Church Congress which, as it created some sensation in that solemn......