28 AUGUST 1897, page 16

Poetry.

FROM THE SONG-BOOK OF BETHIA HARDACRE. You see the glorious hills around, The heather lies beneath your feet; The city walls my vision bound, My pathway is the street. In the......

Minor Shell-fish.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—Yours in re above, in the Spectator of August 21st, is slightly inaccurate as far as clams being unknown in the British Isles. I have......

After A - Mond:ts.

L—ON THE PORTRAIT OF A CERTAIN PROFESSOR. 0 FAITHFUL picture, true beyond compare ! Speechless on canvas, speechless in his chair. 11.—ON A CERTAIN PHYSICIAN. Wise Arruns, asked......

"memories Of The Months."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPFCTATOR.' • ] Sin,—Kindly let me correct a misprint in one of the quota- tions in your indulgent review of my book. It was the "hinds," not the......

Cats And Swallows.

[To THE EDITOR OF TIM " SPZCTLTOR.1 SIE,..4 was much interested to see "Ca Co'a " letter in the Spectator of August 14th, as I had once seen a very similar scene. Our cat, a......

Books.

COLONEL JOHN HAY'S POEMS AND ESSAYS.* THE world knows Colonel John Hay beet by his "Pike County Ballads." Few things, indeed, are more remarkable in the history of our modern......