23 JULY 1898, page 16

"the Dictionary Of National Biography."

[To TEE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTAT0R: 2 ] SIE, — In speaking of Jeremy Taylor in your notice of the new volume of "The Dictionary of National Biography," in the Spectator of July......

Books.

& NEW TRANSLATION OF MARCUS AURELIUS.* Tan meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius are unique in the literature of spiritual stimulus, in the respect that they were not......

The Sir Syed Armed Memorial Fund.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Si,—May I, through the columns of the Spectator, draw attention to the Fund which is being raised in memory of the late Sir Syed Ahmed,......

Poet-my.

MAY AND JUNE. I. Is the month of May Came a lazy loon, Sang of nymph and fay, Sang of stars , and moon. Sang away the morning And the - glowing noon, Then at nightfall ask'd me......

Parens Magna Virortjm.

NOT in the shadow of the past, Great though that shadow be, Shalt thou abide, Mother of Men ! Thy sons shall turn to thee, and then, No fate can be too vast For them and thee.......