19 AUGUST 1899, page 17

The Latest Franchise Law In The Trans Vaal. [to The

EDITOR. OF TH2 "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The following précis of the new Franchise La* of the Transvaal as passed by the Volksraad on July 8th willbe of interest to your readers, as......

Poetry.

THE MIDNIGHT RACE. (A supposed incident in the last railway war between the Great Northern aud London and North-Western Railway Companies.) LIE night on the world had nestled......

A Child In London. The Country's Best, Some People Find,

And woods and streams are to their mind, Or meadow land and leafy trees ; And London town has none of these. Down in the country for a bit, I have a splendid time of it ; But......