14 JANUARY 1871, page 14

To T. C.

["Old lion, smooth thy mane: no need to bristle, 'Tis but a puny rhymster's penny whistle] Mn. CARI.YLE, you earnest man, Preach to a frivolous world you can, Preach to a......

Poetry.

SONNET TOTHOMAS CARLYLE. (SUGGESTED BY AN ARTICLE IN THE LAST "SPECTATOR. ") OH graphic writer of the rugged pen, Who scornest the true bard's enraptur'd rhyme, By which into......

Books.

MR. CORDERY'S ILIAD.* IN a note to the second volume of this translation, Mr. Cordery adopts the profession of faith laid down by Mr. Matthew Arnold in relation to the......