Poetry.
THREE POEMS BY VIE PRIEST THE LITTLE WATERFALL. Tins waterfall is little yet marvellous As it sings and swirls down its three-foot stair. With delicate veins it pierces the......
If Manner Make Man.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In the Spectator of September 1st the writer of an article, "If Manner Make Man," wonders why doctors do not more often take to......
Taking In Each Other's Washing.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Can any reader of the 'Spectator tell me who was the author of the famous saying : "These unhappy islanders gain a scanty and precarious......
An Old Motto.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Could any of your readers kindly help me in piecing up the following remains of a motto which occurs upon an heraldic seal to a document......
Frost.
STILL the retreating air files cold and thin Up the moon-channels to her frosty light. The wind, icebom, has sighed out its complaint, Rustling the oak leaves, few, and sere,......
Captive Birds.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] feel sure that many of your readers feel with Blake that "A robin redbreast in a cage Sets all heaven in a rage,' and burn with indignation......
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Our Winter Visitors.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—To-day for the first time this autumn I saw some (six) black-headed gulls in St. James's Park. One of the carrion crows which have......
Changes Of Address.
We particularly request our Subscribers to notify us early in the week of any change of address to which their SPECTATOR is to be sent. Notice of any such change received later......
Whittington's Cat.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—AS this animal is again purring gently, may I point out that it merely illustrates that "mythology is a disease of language," for the......
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