Books.
TWO CRIMEAN VOLUMES.* IF anything could add to the gloomy effect which the recent successive revelations of the sufferings of the army in the Crimea tend to produce upon our......
Irish Superstitions.
[To TER EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Here in the West the belief in fairies, always of a malevolent sort, is still very deeply rooted. A dispensary doctor, whose district......
Folk-speech.
[TO TEl EDITOR OP TEl " SPECTATOR."] your interpretation of the proverb, "Every dog has his day, and a cat has two afternoons," quite correct ? We have in Devon a phrase, "an......
Poetry.
TRUTH. " Quand j'ai connu la veritg J'ai cru que c'etait une amie." TRUTH seemed at first a welcome friend, To whom I gave unflinching trust ; But, when I knew her to the end,......
"getting Rid Of Death."
[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR. "] have just been reading the article in the Spectator of April 6th, "Getting Rid of Death," and cannot help sending you what I think you will......
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