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The Bengal Famine.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —The Times' Calcutta telegram of the 18th inst. confirms what all well-informed persons have dreaded : — " Prices are steadily rising.......

"sic Vos Non Vobis."

[TO THE EDTTOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Richard Crashaw, as Canon of Loretto, would have to recite the hymn of the Roman Breviary for the feast of the Epiphany, in which occurs......

South Essex.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Six,—Your pen has slipped again, in the matter of Mr. Perry Watlington. He is not, and never was, Member for West Essex;. he sat for South......

A Delicate Embarrassment.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Silt,—The sympathy you always show with those we are pleased to call the " lower animals " induces me to apply to you in a diffi- culty that......

The Beer Interest In Belfast.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In your article of the 14th on " The Irish Vote," you say :— " The Conservative working-man has in Belfast, as in other big borough......

The Surplus And The Famine.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. ") SIR, —Your correspondent, " An Income-taxpayer," is in error. Our fathers did not pay to free the slaves, they borrowed, and left us to pay.......

Books.

MR. BUCHANAN'S " MASTER-SPIRITS." MR. ROBERT BUCHANAN is a prolific writer in prose as well as- verse. His range is wide, his knowledge extensive, his power of expression such......