21 AUGUST 1886, page 18

Roses.

NATURE has fashioned as fair Which of her posies ? Man in his choicest parterre Treasures his roses. Rose of the garden, by man beguiled Thou hast grown double in art ; Sweet,......

Art.

THE ACADEMY, AND ITS REFORM. THE complaints against the administration of the Academy which have been of late years gathering volume, though they have received little attention......

" Perigot " And Lady Archibald Campbell.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I find in the Spectator of August 7th a short criticism on Vernon Lee's article in the Contemporary, " Perigot ; or, Random Notes on......

Poetry.

SIR SAMUEL FERGUSON. STRONG son of Fergus, with thy latest breath Thou hast lent a joy unto the funeral knell, Welcoming with thy whispered "All is well !" The awful aspect of......