11 OCTOBER 1879, page 13

Books.

PRIMITIVE PROPERTY.* THEORIES about property, its origin and its rights, have been apt to be mere justifications of existing systems ; such, at least, are many of the theories......

Poetry.

Au ! swan of slenderness, dove of tenderness, Jewel of joys, arise ! The little red lark, like a rosy spark Of song, to his sun-burst flies ; But till you are risen, earth is a......

Sensible Vegetarianism.

[TO THE EDITOR OF Tag " SPROTATOR.1 SIRS Will you allow me to say that the writer of the article on " Vegetarianism, " in your impression of last week, entirely misrepresents......

Edwards, Betha.m-edwards, And Edwa.rdes. [to Ton Editor...

*litt, — A friend of mine has just sent me your notice on my Holidays in Eastern France. " May I beg, whilst thanking you for your review, to insert this disclaimer of any such......

The South-african Colonists. [to Trig Editor Of Tes...

your issue of last week, in your brief comment on Sir Evelyn Wood ' s speech to the Fis h mongers ' Company, you say, The colonists [of South Africa] may be very kindly men . .......