24 OCTOBER 1885, page 15

Me. Ayrton And Epping Forest.

rTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sus,—In your paper of July 25th last appeared a letter from Mr. Ayrton, stating that the Bill for the enclosure of Epping Forest, which was......

Books.

RUSSIAN CENTRAL ASIA.* Mu readers of .Dr. Lansdell's former work on Siberia will not require to be told that he is an observant and entertaining traveller. These two volumes......

Poetry.

A STARLIT NIGHT BY THE SEA-SHORE. [SUGGESTED BY MATTHEW ARNOLD'S "SELF-DEPENDENCE."] 0 GREAT Stars, aflame with awful beauty ! 0 great Sea, with glittering heaving breast !......

The Diffusion Of Land.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOH . 1 Saa,—In your "News of the Week" of September 17th yoi. observe, d propos of a recent remark of Lord Salisbury's, that though land in......