2 NOVEMBER 1889, page 14

Books.

T11Ji NEW LIFE OF STEELE.* IT was not until the .present century that Sir-Richard Steele received the attention from men of letters to which he was entitled. His merit as the "......

The Home Secretary On The University Of London.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—The Home Secretary was reported the other day in the Times as saying at Birmingham that he always felt the move- ment for a Teaching......

A Universal Money.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sra, — The article, " A Universal Money," in the Spectator of October 26th, is very interesting. With regard to British money, I beg leave to......

The Hawks At The Zoological Gardens.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." read with great pleasure the kindly and sympathetic article in the Spectator of October 26th, entitled "Bird-Life in Art," in which your......

John Diirie.

[To rife EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sul,—Your remarks upon the artiCle "John Durie " will do good -service if they should provoke any young scholar to devote.several years of......

" Going With The Dead."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—When in Ireland some years since, I heard a similar tale to that related in your issue of October 26th, with this exception,—that it......