17 APRIL 1875, page 18

Books.

DR. REYNOLDS'S LECTURES ON JOHN THE BAPTIST.* Tam is both an extremely learned and a very thoughtful book, which we could have wished to see compressed within more moderate......

[to The Editor Of The " Spectator:] Sir,—to My Letter

of last week you append the following com- ments :—"Mr. Hart, then, does not think the operation on the poor girl which was the origin of this correspondence 'cruel'? Assuredly......

Poetry.

TO THE UNKNOWABLE. 0 Tnou! whom men affirm we cannot 'know,' It may be we shall never see Thee nearer Than in the clouds, nor ever trace Thee clearer Than in that garment which,......