28 AUGUST 1869, page 17

" Faithfull V. Grant."

[To TRE EDITOR OF THE " EFFCTATOE. - ] Stn,—Had Mr. Grant merely quoted the London Review, your inference would be correct, but unfortunately he enlarged upon a paragraph......

Books.

1848-1851: A GLANCE BACK AT A PRESIDENCY.* THERE is not a more obscure or forgotten period of modern history—though it is not a quarter of a century behind us —than, in the life......

Mr. Lowe's Pound.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR:] SIR,—May I submit to you a practical objection to Mr. Lowe's scheme in reducing the value of the sovereign? The cashiers at the Banks......