18 MARCH 1899, page 16

Poetry.

THE CHOICE OF ATLAS. OP old betwixt the gods and earth, High-beaded, girt with cloud, Dividing misery and mirth, Old Atlas stood and bowed. Close to the high celestial gate He......

The French Pretenders.

(To me EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Mr. Maurice Kuhn's letter in the Spectator of March 4th is so precisely the exact state of the case as to the general feeling in France......

The Jerboa.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The letter from Horace Walpole, quoted by "H. T." a propos of my description of the jerboa, is very interesting. It is curious that he,......

Books.

ROMAN LIFE IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE EMPIRE.* PROFESSOR DILL'S book is the outcome of a wide and varied reading, exercised for the most part in fields seldom traversed by the......

Cannibalism In The Congo State.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In a review of Mr. Boulger's book in the Spectator of March 11th, you use these words :—" The ugliest story of all, repeated by Sir......