"on The Game Of Cricket.

Assist all ye muses and join to rehearse An old English sport never praised yet in verse. 'Tis cricket I sing, of illustrious fame, No nation e'er boasted so noble a game. Great......

Memorial To Mrs. Oliphant In St. Giles', Edinburgh.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR:9 beg to enclose an appeal about to be issued for subscrip- tions to a memorial to the late Mrs. Oliphant. The Committee would feel greatly......

Th.b., Lite Mr. James Annand, M.p.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sm,—I have been honoured by a request from his executors that I should prepare for early publication a biography of my lamented friend, the......

The Spirit Of Early Cricket.

go Tile EDITOR OF TEE "SescrAT0R.1 SIR,—Those of your readers who enjoyed the excellent review of Mr. E. V. Lucas's "The Hambledon Men" which appeared in your issue of July 6th......

Poetry.

FEAR not, Cornubia, whose enchanting borders The young and emerald Atlantic laves, That I would join those rhythmical recorders Who hymn the glories of your coves and caves. My......

Two Etymologies.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TUE"SPECTATOR."1 SIR, — The Spectator is a good port to put into for an etymologist in distress, and so I venture to ask its help as to the derivation of two......