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Election Colours.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOR:1 SIR,—How was it that when Mr. Forster introduced his Ballot Act, modelled avowedly on a colonial pattern, he failed to pro- duce a thorough......

Books.

ROMA SOTTERANEA.* WITH this volume, Messrs. Northcote and Browlow complete their account of the Roman Catacombs for English readers. Here we have a very full and minute......

Social Science Association In Edinburgh.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.'] SIB,—I have read this day in the Spectator a paragraph relating to the recent meeting of the Social Science Association in Edin- burgh. Your......