18 AUGUST 1894, page 17

Poetry.

OUT IN THE DARK. On, up the brae, and up and up, beyont the fairy thorn, It's there they hae my baby laid, that died when he was born. Afore the priest could christen him to......

The Art Of Naming.

[TO TEE EDITOR ON THE " BPEOTATOlt."] Sin,—Your article in the Spectator of July 21st on " The Art of Naming" is interesting, and calls attention to a matter which deserves more......

Tax-dodging.

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] It,—An article in the Spectator of August 4th gives the 00 mon-sense arguments on this now rather important clues.. tion. The democracy of......

A Happy Village.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " STECTATOR."] lately spent some weeks in a village, where I never saw any sign of drunkenness or idleness, where everybody was at work, and where I saw no......

"quo Usque Tandem P"

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Stn,—Many of your readers will have agreed with the sub- stance of Mr. Dale's letter, bearing the above heading. But they will have......