21 JULY 1900, page 16

Poetry.

PRIVA,TE'S COMPLAINT AT THE LOSS OF AN ENGLISH SPRI.NG. I Am thinking what good reason We could possibly have had For this monstrous change of season, This stride from good to......

Lord Durham And Canadian Reconstruc- Tion.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sr,—In the Spectator of July 14th there are references to Lord Durham and his Canadian policy. You mention Mr. Merriman's article in the......

Books.

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.* THE rise to popular fame of Sir Thomas Lawrence was vie% and he maintained his position while he lived. He was the son of a Bristol innkeeper and the......