3 JANUARY 1874, page 23

Etherisation.

[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Your correspondent "F. B.," in his letter of last week, has done good service by giving utterance to his experience of and views upon......

The Westminster Abbey Lecture.

[TO THE ]tDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-] Snt,—The late lecture at Westminster Abbey has raised an interest- ing discussion respecting the comparative merits of Christianity,......

Books.

PHINEAS REDUX.* THE rumour of Phineas Finn's return to the political world after his brief married life with Mary Flood Jones and his temporary exile in the Irish Civil Service,......