27 FEBRUARY 1886, page 14

Snake-bites.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — An Australian told me a short time ago that the intra- venous injection of ammonia was the recognised treatment for the bites of......

Volunteers Versus Mobs.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " Syscr■ToR. 2 '1 SIR, — In the note appended to my letter on this subject in your issue of February 20th, you ask,—" Does our correspondent mean that......

Poetry.

TYRANTS OF SYRACUSE. IL—DIONYSIUS THE YOUNGER. [Dionysins the Younger NMI suspected of poisoning his father, whom be succeeded in the tyranny of Syracuse. He was expelled by his......

Books.

DANTE'S DIVINE COMEDY.* IN attempting to render the Divina Commedia into English term rima, literally and verse for verse, Mr. Minchin has made a bold experiment. Mr. Minchin is......

A Talk With One Of The Unemployed.

I - TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—I have written down, almost in the words in which they were told me, some of the experiences of a man with whom within the last few......