24 NOVEMBER 1888, page 14

Peasant Properties.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You remark most justly, that great landlords as well as little peasant-owners invest in the soil at a rate that brings them hardly any......

Poetry.

"FLORENCE THE BEAUTIFUL." THE mountains and the seas between She lies—the land of golden green ; The while a glowing silence fills The bosom of the Tuscan hills, And sparkle......

The East African Blockade.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The views you have taken up with reference to the above subject must commend themselves to all who desire to see lessened the untold......

Official Waste.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."? SIR, — In your article of November 17th under this heading, it is stated, on the subject of the Official Referees :—" From one cause or......