20 AUGUST 1881, page 14

"martin."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SpEcTATon.."] Sia,—Those among your readers whom you have already taught to consider cats capable of strong affection will, I think, be interested in the......

Longer Life, Or Slower Death?

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]I SIR, — Will you kindly correct an error made as to my name in the signature to the letter on "Longer Life, or Slower Death ?" in last......

Books.

MR. WARD'S ENGLISH POETS.* THESE two volumes will probably attract more readers than the earlier selections. The poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are criticised......

Poetry.

ABBOTSFORD. AND this is Abbotsford ? For this alone The mighty Wizard blindly tempted fate, Risking his all to reign in feudal state ? 0 vanity, that one should sweat and groan......