26 FEBRUARY 1881, page 16

Art.

MR. MILLAIS' PAINTING.* This exhibition of some of the most characteristic works of one of our greatest painters is not only interesting from the intrin- sic value of the......

Desolation.

IN fiercest heat of Indian June, I rode . Across an arid waste of burning sand, At mid-day ; all around. the lonely land Seemed. desert, and in shrunken channel flowed The river......

Poetry.

CHILDREN AND LOVERS. We were children, playing together, On Mona's magic isle, In her witching April weather, Of laughter, and sigh, and. smile. We were children, playing......