26 SEPTEMBER 1891, page 16

Books.

FRANCE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.* IN these two remarkable volumes, we have a study of public and private life in France during the reigns of Louis XIV., • La France sous l'Ancien......

Poetry.

ANXIETY. THOU infant sister of more dread Despair, Chill visitant of every troubled heart, Who, stealing on us from we know not where, Will all unwelcome play thy impish part ;......

Obsolete Words.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—You sometimes, I think, record local survivals of generally obsolete words. One such I chanced on here the other day. An old woman,......