12 SEPTEMBER 1896, page 16

[to Thr Editor O■ Thu Sprctator."]

had some thirty years ago a bright little black-and. tan terrier, who used to be my constant companion both in walks and rides. His friend was my pony (though often very jealous......

On Spiders.

[TO THZ EDITOR 07 THZ " SPICTATOH."1 SIR, —A spider with tortoise-shell legs having made its web just outside one of our windows, I thought that observations concerning it might......

Poetry.

Country of my fathers, home of my heart ! Overseas you call me : Why an exile from me ? Wherefore sea-severed, long leagues apart ? As the shining salmon, homeless in the sea......

Dog-stories.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The border-line between human Reason and the Instinct of Animals is so faintly traced, that many of us can hardly see that it exists.......

Books.

MR. GLADSTONE ON BUTLER.* CONCLUDING NOTICE. MR. MR. GLADSTONE states the case for the inevitable fallibility► of all human knowledge with his usual power. Of course, we have no......

Blindness.

DARKEN'D the world ! Each day the glory fades,. All the bright sunshine lost in endless shades. First a dim twilight, then the day and night Lost in one shadow, curtain'd from......