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Books.

IRELAND IN THE REIGN OF JAMES I.* TnouGir unsignalised by civil war or other event of startling dramatic interest, the reign of James I. is yet one of the most important in the......

House-tax V. Income-tax.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your article on this subject appears not to take notice of the fact that the substitution of a House-tax for Schedule D would add......

Poetry.

A MISANTHROPE ON CALVINISM. THERE must be some reason for being, For the misery man calls Life,— For the ceaseless toil of the millions, For the never-victorious strife: For the......

St. John Nepomucen.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—I was rather surprised to see my name drawn into the con- troversy about St. John Nepomucen, and I regret it. My article on that Saint......