18 MAY 1901, page 15

The Chinese Indemnity.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sne,—Your article upon "The Chinese Indemnity" in the Spectator of May 11th confirms a conviction, deep already in many minds, that......

(to The Editor Of The "spectator."] Sts,—reading In The...

of April 20th an article on the meaning of Wordsworth's famous lines— "Failings from us, vanishing,s, Blank misgivings e of a creature Moving about in worlds not realised"— we......

[to Tue Editor Of The Sim,—the Article In The Spectator

of April 20th on "Vastness and Isolation" has touched upon a subject of wide interest, as the correspondence in the issue of May 4th shows. As a mere amateur in psychology, may......

Poetry.

"THE STARS OF MIDNIGHT." WITH jewelled spur and dazzling crest, The belted warrior guards the West, And waves his mighty sword to span From Sirius to Aldebaran. With him I watch......

The Birds Of London.

[TO TEE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—As the owner of the cockatoo seen by your corre- spondent in Chelsea Hospital Gardens has not written to set that gentleman's mind at......