16 SEPTEMBER 1876, page 16

Books.

MEMOIRS OF GEORGE TICKNO1L 1 ( [FIRST NOTIC7E.] IN reviewing this record of Mr. Ticknor's life and literary labours, there are some preliminary observations that must be made......

Poetry.

THE SLAV AND THE TURK. I. 'To not the lordly Crescent that stirs our souls to rage, Although in Europe's story it reddens many a page ; Not Mekka's fervid gospel, though oft its......

The Worm's Head.

PATIENT, with folded wings, with lifted head, Watchful, outlooking-seaward, sits the Form Who Dragon -like defies the approaching storm, That gathering in the west moves on to......

Short Service For Officers And Early Retirements.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPEOTATOR.1 Sru,—The Army Promotion and Retirement Commissioners re- port,-1. That promotion cannot in future be sustained without retirements being......