22 APRIL 1905, page 15

Poetry.

PASSION-TIDE WEATHER. UPONNE a harshe and leaflesse Tree The flowrie woods amonge I saw a Kinge y-crowned with thorne That there in sorrowe honge. I felte a sharpe and biters......

The South African Constabulary.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—May I trespass on your space very shortly P I have but just received a copy of your issue of December 10th, 1904, sent by a friend, and......

Travels Round Our Village.

r To TIM EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sza,—As a constant subscriber, I have been reading in the Spectator of April 8th your review of this book, and I much hope you may find the......

Strauss's Progress.

RICHARD STRAUSS has come and gone. He has con. ducted the second performance of his Symphonia Domestica in such a way as to throw a certain amount of new light on his intentions......

Cheap Cottages Exhibition Fund.

Tax amount of subscriptions and fees received up to April 20th for the Cheap Cottages Exhibition is 41,122, besides 4420 promised to the Prizes Fund, making a total of 41,542.......