28 JANUARY 1888, page 16

Preparations For The End Of The World.

[TO THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTLTOR."i Sin,—In August, a few years ago, when so terrible a thunder- storm fell upon a Suffolk village that some people were sore afraid, thinking......

Art.

MR. RUSKIN AND THE "EDINBURGH REVIEW." "We regret to have to shock Mr. Ruskin's faithful followers, many of whom, we have no doubt, are honestly convinced of the intellectual......

Poetry.

THE FRESHER SPRING TIME. IT comes again, thrilling each sense in turn ! We strain the eye to see, the ear to hear ;— It sickens in each sense and dies of fear, Yet leaves the......

Rto The Editor Of The " Spectator." J Sir, — Have You

space for this, which has always seemed to me delicious ? My friend Mr. B— occupied a house in an exposed situation upon the island of Sark. A terrible storm one night......