9 MAY 1885, page 14

Lord Aberdeen And The Scottish Church Question.

ITO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR." I SIE, — The Queen's Commissioner to any country should under. stand that country with the intelligence of sympathy. Tried by this test, Lord......

The Church In Wales And Disestablishment. Fto The Editor...

Sin,—" A Liberal's" sweeping assertion concerning the impotence of the Church in Wales is not, I think, borne out by facts. The truth is that the Church in Wales, like the......

Vivisection In The United States. I To The Editor Of The...

SIR,—Mr. Ruskin's resignation on account of the recent vote of Convocation is the latest, but not the least, of his services to Oxford and to England. Another recent resignation......

The Queen's English.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Do you hold the opinion that the Queen's English can be improved P I am willing to admit that a useful word may now and then be coined......

Poetry.

IN APRIL. LIGHT falls the rain On link and laine,* After the burning day, And the bright scene, Blue, gold, and green, Is blotted out in gray. Not so will part The glowing heart......