10 DECEMBER 1898, page 16

Books.

BISMARCK.* [FIRST NOTICE.] FIFTY years ago there sat on the throne of Prussia a man possessed of many and great gifts; but these gifts were calculated rather to enable him to......

A Ruined Cottage In The Highlands.

{" EXSILINDE DOMOS ET DITLCIA MUTANT. "] THE beam says to the rafter, We are crazy and old : The hearth says to the chimney, We are blackened and cold : The door says to the......

Poetry.

WINTER MEDITATIONS ON THE PAVEMENT. GAY are the London streets, and bright With windows streaming floods of light Over all luxuries,—o'er gold, Rubies, and diamonds, wealth......