3 DECEMBER 1887, page 14

[to The Editor Of The Spectator. " 1

Sia,—Friends sometimes rush in where angels fear to tread. Referring to the letter in your issue of November 26th, it is manifestly unfair for a connection of Mrs. Spencer Bell......

Art.

THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN OIL - COLOURS. [FIRST NOTICE.] TUE influence of the general depression in trade is very evident amongst the artists, both in the size of the......

The Impalement Controversy.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Yonr sanguine anticipations as to the result of the revival of the great beanstalk controversy received an instructive com- ment on the......

Pumping On Rioters.

[TD Tax Zenon or rEr . 1314 , CT , T0101 SIR, —Nothing can be more conclusive than your exposure of Sir George Trevelyan's distortion of facts in consequence of his blinding......

The Keswick Footpaths Controversy. [to Tim Editor Or Tee...

Sut,—It is doubtless a kind and chivalrous feeling that has in- duced Mr. Thomas Hodgkin to follow the example of Mrs. Lynn Linton in taking up the defence of the obstructors of......

Poetry.

CARMEN MYSTICUM. Dzsa Lord, since thou didst make the earth, Thou mad'st it not for grief, but mirth ; Therefore will I be glad. And let who will be sad. For if I load my life......