Word-twisting.
[To TEE EDITOR or THE ”SescrAroa..) SIR,—There are two curious instances of word-twisting which may have become accepted instead of the originals. The expression common among......
The Sunday Post.
[To FRE 'Correa or vu "SracrAroa."] SIR.,—Opinions may differ as to the advisability or otherwise of discontinuing the Sunday postal delivery in the provinces ; but would any......
The Irresoluteness Of The Time.
[TO TRY EDITOR OE TEE SPECTATOR:1 do not think that an excess of sympathetic feeling for suffering is at the root of our weakness. That feeling is partly mischievous, instead of......
[to Ties Editor Of Tim Szectatoe:9
SIRj - I cannot refrain from sending you the following conclu- sion of an eloquent sermon by an Irish clergyman. Probably I am the only one among your readers who actually heard......
Art.
THE ROYAL ACADEMY. [FIRST NOTICE.] THIS year's is an April Academy,—one of shine and shower, but as a whole, bright with the breath of the spring and the early promise of the......
April With Rain.—a Sequel.
CAME April, and beneath her feet the cloud Broke into song upon our silent bills ; Primroses wakened, thirsty daffodils Tossed up their golden cups, a merry crowd Then visibly......
An Ideal Hibernicism.
rTo mas Emma or me ”Bracraroa."1 Sut,—Having been much interested in what has recently appeared in the Spectator on portmantologisma and the other humorous freaks that Fate......
Poetry.
TO ALFRED I. CHURCH. AUTHOR OF THE LEGEND OF ST. VITALIS, AND OTHER POEMS.. As happy children who in careless play Scatter bright blossoms on their homeward way, So thou on......