19 MARCH 1892, page 17

Two Irish Stories.

[TO THR EDITOR OF THZ •srserAzoa.1 Sis,—In the Arctic weather we are now experiencing, it strikes me that it would be but kind to impart to your readers a remedy, prescribed to......

Poetry.

AN AUTOMATIC LAY. BY A MUSICAL BOX. Mew is a mere automaton—free-will a fable vain : This dogma in the Magazines I lay down plump and plain— The Editor, poor man, may sigh, and......

"devall."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The reviewer of " Ochil Idylls," in the Spectator or March 5th, speaks of wondering what the etymology of " devall " may chance to be.......

Books.

THE VALUE OF HUMAN TESTIMONY.* Tam is a very shrewd and useful little book, which says all it does say exceedingly well. It insists that the value of testimony depends, in the......