23 FEBRUARY 1895, page 17

The Warning Of Wei-hai-wei.

[To TIM EDITOR OP THE " SPECTETHE...] Sin.—In your article in the Spectator of February 16th on " The Warning of Wei-hai-wei," you refer to the importance of our possessing an......

Poetry.

SONG. 0 Luit a Queen's her happy tread, And like a Queen's her golden head ! But 0, at last, when all is said, Her woman's heart for me ! We wandered where the river gleamed......

Books.

JowErr AND CAMPBELL'S REPUBLIC OF PLATO.* "AFTER all the pains and labour which have been bestowed upon them by English and German scholars, we cannot be said even now to have......

An Incident In The Recenr Snowstorm.

[To THE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —I wanted to visit a shepherd who was very ill, and had expressed a special desire to see me, and I was determined that the snow should......

The Remonetisation Of Silver.

[To TRH EDITOR ON Tax " SPRCT•TOZ.") Sin,—You will perhaps permit me to point out that when, as you say in the Spectator of February 161h, I preached "the gospel of Silver all......