27 MAY 1893, page 16

Poetry.

THE STOIC'S COUNSEL. [Written, we are told, by a young girl.] GO to—complaining Soul, Thou are not fit to be, If thou bewail what share of dole The Gods apportion thee. Coward,......

A Tomtit's Nest.

[To THR EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." SIR,—A pair of tomtits have built and hatched under an inverted flower-pot in my garden. The nest is on the ground, but in a sheltered and......

Miss Burney's " Evelini."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPROTATO11,1 Sru.,—Will you allow me to correct a statement in your notice of my edition of the above (Spectator, May 20th) ? The reviewer remarks that I......

Beethoven.

[To THE EDITOE OP TICE "SrEcTiaolt."1 wish, if you please, to enter a protest against Baethoven's being viewed, as it appears to me he is viewed in Mr. Watson's sonnet, as if......