17 JANUARY 1885, page 14

Mr. Macready.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—As you were good enough, by your friendly notices of the small volume called " Obiter Dicta," to aid in giving it an unexpected width......

Poetry.

HODGE AND A LIBERATIONIST. WELL, SO yer've been and done it ; yer've got me a vote at last ; Makes my head that dizzy, yer do go on so fast. Just like takin' a seed, and......

Books.

MR. DAVITT ON IMPRISONMENT.* MR. DAVITT'S book consists of two volumes, one of which con tains his prison experiences, and the other a series of lectures on social subjects,......