Dusty Answer
SIR, —The undergraduate article, " Going Down," by Mr. R. G. W. Theobald printed in the Spectator of August 14th, presents a somewhat distorted picture of current Cambridge......
Eric, Or Little By Little
SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. N. H. Fitzherbert, says, " I haven't got a copy of the immortal work at hand, but I feel sure Mr. Horace Wyndham has misrepresented it." If he were......
Letters To The Editor
Unwilling SIR,—Your correspondent Glaux, in " A Spectator's Notebook," deals with how and why wills should be published. She begins with an unfortunate analogy when she says it......
Tbe Opettator, Augit0 20tb, 1853
FRANCE.—The fete-day of " Saint Napoleon," the 15th August, has been kept in Paris this year with magnificence unequalled. The Emperor, it is said, dictated the programme to the......
Libretto-writing
SIR,—Mr. Martin Cooper in his very interesting remarks about opera librettos did not mention Metastasio, whose librettos enjoy the unusual distinction of being widely read long......