22 SEPTEMBER 1894, page 17

Poetry.

" THINKIN' LONG." Oen, when we lived in ould Glenann. Meself could lift a song ! An' ne'er an hour by day or dark Would I be thinkin' long. The weary wind might take the roof,......

A Broken Song.

" Where am I from ?" From the green hills of Erin. " Have I no song now ?" My songs are all sung. ",What o' my love, then ?" Alone I am farire. Old grows my heart, an' my voice......

Books.

THE LATE LORD DERBY'S SPEECHES.* IN his admirably just and sympathetic introduction, Mr. Lecky observes that Lord Derby's mind had much of the Whig character, and if that term,......

The Irregularity Of English Fields. [to The Editor Of The

" SPEOTATOR."] Sift,--Mr. Austin, in his charming " Haunts of Ancient Peace-II," in the Spectator of September 15th, says, speaking of English fields, "they sweep in and out in......

St. Osyth.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In the Spectator of September 15th you state, in your article on " Old St. Paul's," that you " cannot claim acquaintance with St.......