Poetry.
THE DEW'S GIFT. THE spider works with wit and will, She frames her wheel and she is sped ; But 'tie the dew's gift, not her skill, That hangs with diamonds every thread.- With......
The Late Mr. Edmund Sturge.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—The death of Mr. Edmund Sturge, In his eighty-fifth , year, on June 28th, removes, probably, the last link of that small anti-slavery......
A Swiss Bird-story.
[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] is a bird-story from Switzerland. An old peasant from the Prittigau who was dining with us to-night gave us an amusing account of a......
The Supply Of Curates.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.' Mr. Rooks tell us how he proposes to deal with a general tithe, when collected for charitable purposes ? According to his own showing, the......
Incident In The Life Of A Dog. [to The Editor
OF nu: "SPECTATOR."] Six,—The following story may, perhaps, interest some of your readers :—'Willie is a small, rough-haired terrier, a truculent and aggressive character, the......
Shakespeare Ad Teetotalism.
[To TUE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOR,"] Sin,—Sir Wilfrid Lawson, in the Spectator of June 24th, tells us, among other things, that Shakespeare says : "Men put an enemy into their......
The Poverty Of The Clergy.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOTE."] SIR,—May I point out what is really the burden which wants removing from the clergy before we even think of curates,— " rates and taxes"?......
Cockroaches.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—My experience of cockroaches has been " extensive and peculiar." One remedy I have never found to fail during an. experience of......
Previous page
