18 OCTOBER 1913, page 18

Poetry.

ON THE BACK VELD. THE red flame-flowers bloom and die, The embers puff a golden spark, Now and again a horse's eye Shines like a topaz in the dark. A distant jackal jars the......

Books.

LORD LYONS.* [CoNcLunnto NcericE.] THE letters published in Lord Newton's work throw some very interesting sidelights upon the history of recent events, but it cannot be said......

National Appeal To Public-school And University Men.

[To THE EDITOR Or THI . SPECTATOP."1 SIB.,—On November 5th an appeal will be made to the public- school and University men throughout the country by means of meetings at many of......

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