18 APRIL 1891, page 15

Poetry.

A WORD IN SEASON. LAST year, I brought you, love, a gift of rhyme, The best I might bestow ; If bright, it stole the brightness of the time, The Spring's clear early glow.......

A Dog's Humanity.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE"SPECTATOR."] 'SIR, — Possibly it is from an excess of the "maudlin senti- mentality " of which physiologists complain in those who protest against cruelty......

Scoppio Del Carro.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE liPECTAT011."] Sin —I was much interested in reading " Vacuus Viator's " .account of the " Scoppio del Carro" in the Spectator of April 11th; but without......

[to Thu Editor Of The " Spectator."] "sin,—the Story You

gave in the Spectator of April 11th, with reference to the answer given to Professor Bonamy Price, is too good not to be rendered accurately, and if Sir Lyon Playfair had only......

The Late Professor' Bonamy Price. [to The Exaron Of The

" STECTATOR."1 SIR,—I remember hearing the late Professor Bonamy Price tell the story which you mention, in a lecture at Eton about ten years ago. According to the version which......

Superstitions.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."I Sin,—You may possibly think the following facts worth pub- lishing as an example of the curious coincidences which have doubtless bad a good......

Public Speaking.

ITO THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR...1 Sire, — In the interesting article upon public speaking con- tained in the Spectator of April 11th, the opinion is expressed that industry......