Art.

THE NEW GALLERY. THE charge often brought against the New Gallery that it ie only the Academy on a small scale, is no doubt partly true. Bat the hanging here is more......

"the Children Of The State."

[TO 28Z EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sra,—The account, in the Spectator of April 11th, of the prevalence of ophthalmia in several of the Metropolitan pauper-schools is......

Middlesex Birds : Bird - Nesting Boye, Beware!

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—So insufficient is our legislative protection of bird life that too much publicity cannot be given to any improvement that may be......

Poetry.

SONG. APRIL, April, Laugh thy girlish laughter ; Then, the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears! April, that mine ears Like a lover greetest, If I tell thee, sweetest,. All my......

A Bird-story.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPZOTATOR.'9 SIR,—I should very much like to know whether any of your readers have witnessed episodes similar to the following. While driving yesterday......

The Gauchos And The Ostrich.

[TO THE EDITOR 07 THE SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your review on Mr. Spears's book, "The Gold-Dig- gings of Cape Horn," in the Spectator of April 25th, I see that it is asserted that......

The Alleged Borde9.17x Atrocity.

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE " SPECTATOR." ] Sta,—No one can regret more than I do myself the publica- tion of the exaggeration as to the leech-swamps at Bordeaux. I thank Mr. Colam......