12 OCTOBER 1889, page 15

Poetry.

A PESSIMIST'S REPROACH TO NA.CURE. Ir but the solemn murmurs of the night Might breathe some knowledge of our destiny ! If but th' illumination of noon's light Might gild the......

On Behalf Of Marie Bashkirtseff.

ITO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOIt."1 SIR,—May I enter a protest against a statement in your notice of Mr. Gladstone's article on "The Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff,"—the......

St. John And The Synoptists.

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR." I SIR,—The breadth and acumen of your critiques command a wide acceptance ; yet I am sure you will admit occasional error as possible. I......

Books.

GENERAL MONK.* GENERAL MONK has probably obtained as much fame as he deserves when he figures in the popular mind all over the world as the Restorer of the Stuarts. He lives in......

The Late Wilkle Collins.

[To TEE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—A memorial to Wilkie Collins is on foot, and George Meredith, Thomas Hardy, E. Lynn Linton, Walter Besant, Baring Gould, Miss Thackeray,......