13 APRIL 1889, page 15

" Toujo1trs De L'audace !"

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Why is it " highly improbable " that Danton should have read Bacon's Essays P He was a buyer of and reader of English books, for I find......

Children's Phantasy. [to The Editor Op The " Spectator."]...

the Spectator of March 23rd, there appeared a very interesting article on " Children's Phantasy," an article based upon an address on Insanity in Children," which I read to the......

" Corp " For " Corpse."

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I see that in your review of the book, "The American Language," " corp " (corpse) is asserted to be an " Irishism pure and simple." On......

Lynoh-law.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] your notice last week of Mr. Farmer's book on " The American Language," you say :—" It is rather disappointing to'be put off thus at the......

Poetry.

" SE ILLLI)All." A LESSON FROM A. LEXICON. [The rare quadriliteral 1 - 17?„17 ) (S'macliir) is found only in Cant. ii., 13-15 ; vii., 13. The highest Rabbinical authorities con-......