11 JANUARY 1890, page 16

Betterment.

Pro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIB., --A short time ago, your own readers, as well as the readers of newspapers in general, probably noticed the use by a speaker in the......

William Dampier.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — As a member of the family of the old navigator, Wil- liam Dampier, I was much interested in your able and appre- ciative review of......

Poetry.

LOVE AND LEARNING : J. B. L. WEEP ye, all of learned men, For a master of the pen, Passed beyond our mortal ken ! Weep him, weep the exalted soul Gathering from the ages' roll......

Books.

PROSPER MERIMEE.* THIS translation of Merimee's earliest novel, as distinguished from his nouvelles, takes us back to days when Flaubert was not and Stendhal was neglected, when......