The Late Charles Francis Adams.
[To rev Eorros or Tex ..Sercrwrox:1 SIR,—The Spectator of last Saturday contains a long review of that moat valuable letter of Charles Francis Adams to Lord Newton which you......
[to Tea Enna. Or Tea .11pict/101:] Sra,—in The "life" By
Sir Walter Scott it is stated that "the external appearance of Napoleon was not imposing at the first glance, his stature being only five feet six inches English." In the......
The Late William Smart, Ll.d.
[To rue Earroa or an. "Hascraros."] Sre,—The death on March 18th of the distinguished " Adam Smith" Professor of Political Economy in Glasgow University is not likely to pass......
[to Tax Eerie% Or Tea ..13pectatoz."1 Do Not Venture To
contradict your correspondent " Seventy-eight," but the following anecdote may amuse him. Just forty years ago a famous surgeon was making a medical examination of candidates......
[to Rue Lams Or Ram .sescraron."1
Sin,—It makes me laugh to read this controversy in last Saturday's Spectator as to the Duke of Wellington's height. Why not ask somebody who had been in the habit of seeing him......
[to Ti. Enrroz Or :sr .sricraroa."1
Sra,—As a boy I lived with an officer who had been through the Peninsular War and also at Waterloo under the Duke of Wellington. He said if you met the Duke walking he was a......
[to Tea Eorron Or Rem "serouror.-1 Sta,—against The...
that the Duke of Wellington was tall, and your correspondent "Seventy-eight's" suggestion that his height was five feet ten inches, may be set the valuable testimony of Thomas......
The Duke Of Wellington's Height. [to Ten Eorros Or Tea
..BriteraT0a..] Szn,—Like your correspondent who signs himself "Seventy. eight" in the letter printed in your issue of March 20th, I feel sure that the writer of your article on......
[to Tee Elmo,. Or Tea .. 5tectatee."1 Sir, —referring To...
in last week's Spectator "-bout the Duke of Wellington's height, may I endorse the statement in the letter of "Seventy-eight "? As one of the few Bur. vivors of those who......
Urgency Cases Hospital For France. [to Rex Sono. Or Mi
"EireCTATOIL.'] Sru,—It may interest those of your readers who have been kind enough to subscribe to the funds of the above hospital, which owes its origin to the initiative and......
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