15 DECEMBER 1894, page 16

The Late Mr. Froude On The Evils Of Party Government.

[To TIVI EDITOR OF TK "SPECTATOR."] Sin,--Will you permit me, through your columns, to make some additional remarks on the late Mr. Froude's attitude towards Lord Beaconsfield......

A Child's Saying.

[To THZ EDITOR OF THE esexcearoa.1 should be curious to know if the purring of a cat has ever been more prettily or more quaintly described than by a little four-year old friend......

Books.

THE LATE SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD.* WITH a strong feeling of admiration and with a full knowledge of his subject, Mr. Pope has endeavoured in these volumes to describe the career......

Poetry.

TO WILLIAM WATSON. ["Mr. Watson has taken his place on a level with Matthew Arnold and Tenny. .on. 1f not with Wordsworth."—Extract from a review of Odes and ether Poems, 111......