15 JULY 1899, page 16

"le Style C'est L'homme."

f To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am glad to see that Mr. Austin Dobson abandons "Le style c'est l'homme " as being "popular, uncanonical, and out of court," to show......

How The Cat Was Created.

[To THE EDITOR OF TFIE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I send you a translation I have made of an Italian legend of how the cat was created, written by Antonio De Nino. Many are the proverbs......

The Wicked Wit Of Dr. South.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Mr. Edmund Gosse, writing of Dr. South in his "Modern English Literature," says : "It was an appreciator of the wicked wit of South who......