24 SEPTEMBER 1870, page 15

Books.

FALSELY TRUE.* THERE is a great deal of power in this story ; and not a little of it is shown in the sketches of character, though less, we think, than in the conception of the......

Poetry.

THE VOICE OF NEMESIS TO THE REPUBLIC. THE Empire's dead : in open day France scans with dauntless eyes her fate. But will your nursling freedom stay The swift avenger at your......

The Collapse Of Re-endowment In The Irish Church.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—The money is not coming in to the Irish Church Body, and some are putting the blame on the lethargy and inefficiency of the body. From......

A Translation Of Goethe's Proemium To " Gott Und Welt."

To Him who from eternity, self-stirred, Himself hath made by His creative Word ! To him, supreme, who causeth Faith to be, Trust, Hope, Love, Power, and endless Energy ! To Him,......

To England.

Ott! not when filial voices sung Thy praises in our own sweet tongue,— Not 'mid the stir of English life, Where freedom reigns secure from strife,— Not there I felt the power......