20 FEBRUARY 1897, page 15

The Difficulties Of Religious Poetry. [to Tes Editor Of Tel

"SPECTATOR. " ) Sis,—May I call attention to a slight inaccuracy in your article on "The Difficulties of Religions Poetry" in the Spectator of February 13th? You say : "The one......

"lady Val's Elopement."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your reviewer, speaking of myself in his notice of "Lady Vars Elopement," published in the Spectator on February 13th, writes : "His......

Books.

FRIDTJOF NANSEN'S "FARTHEST NORTH."* THE charm of Dr. Nansen's personality, the reflection in his daring of the old Viking spirit, the glamour that imagination and hero-worship......

Indian Carpets And The Plague. [to Ths Editor Of The

"SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In a paragraph on the Plague in the Spectator of February 13th you mentioned that the export of Indian carpets has commenced to suffer, and that the prices......

Poetry.

MR. WATTS'S "HOPE." HER feet are travel-stained, and bruised, and torn. Her eyes are blinded that she cannot see One step before her. All the harmony Out of her life with those......