21 MAY 1904, page 14

Wander-thirst.

BEYOND the East the sunrise, beyond the West the sea, And East and West the wander-thirst that will not let me be; It works in me like madness, dear, to bid me say good-bye ;......

[to Thi Editoz Ot Tele "spyctator."1

Si,—As a resident and commoner of the New Forest, having nearly at heart the preservation of its glorious woods in their natural wildness, I take serious exception to the latter......

Sir,—being An Old Friend Of The Family, I Have Read

with great pleasure your review of the Life of Lord Gough in the Spectator of March 26th. I think the accompanying lines may interest your readers. They were written by a young......

Books.

MR. HERBERT SPENCER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.* THE question of the rival merits of autobiography and biography, concerning which equally competent critics have held diametrically......