14 MARCH 1903, page 17

Poetry.

THE DESIRE. GIVE me no mansions ivory white, Nor palaces of pearl and gold ; Give me a child for all delight Just four years old. Give me no wings of rosy shine, Nor snowy......

Books.

SIR DONALD STEWART.* SIR DONALD STEWART'S Life is the Life of a soldier. In the excellent book which Mr. Elsmie has compiled from the Field- Marshal's letters and note-books......

A Neglected Aspect Of Conscription.

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] you allow an Englishman who has lived for several years on the- Continent to refer to one view—which has probably received scant attention......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator...3

Wallace's argument against the infinity of the universe may be met by reminding hint that not all celestial bodies are luminous. We know this in the case of the dark companions......

Man's Place In The Universe. [to The Editor Op Ter

"51MT:120E1.1 Sig,—Will you allow me to direct the attention of. your readers to a passage in tie" Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington" in which Tennyson make a valuable......

The Women's Help Society: An Appeal.

[To THE ED/TOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Will you allow me, as you have done on several previous occasions, to plead the cause of the Women's Help Society in a very few words F-......