19 JANUARY 1895, page 15

A French "whitaker."

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. " ] • Srn,—In your review of the " Almanach Hachette" in the - Spectator of January 12th, you say that a Frenchman does Ant seem to "demand the......

'variety Of Character In Insects.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J have just read the latest " dog-story " in a letter -addressed to you in the Spectator of January 12th. The following sentence in this......

Books.

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS.* IN the later years of the last century, and in the early :years of the present, it was the habit of devout people to keep diaries of their spiritual......