12 JUNE 1897, page 16

The Public Interest In Princes.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." _I SIE,—Allow me to tell you a curious instance of the "public interest in Princes" which is spoken of in the Spectator of June 5th, and......

Poetry.

A SONG OF SHADOWS. THE city is weird with shadows, In the shine of a sunny day You may see them darken the pavements Furtive, and hushed, and grey, They crouch by the brooding......

Books.

FIFTY YEARS' REMINISCENCES OF INDIA.* FEw men living now, we suppose, have had the varied ex- periences of Indian life such as befel Colonel Pollok, dating as they do from the......