28 DECEMBER 1901, page 17

The Source Of Belief.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE, — May one be rash enough to take exception altogether to the phrase of Darwin quoted by the Spectator of December 21st :—" What an......

Iiolanthe " Up To Date.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] venture to suggest the following up-to-date version of the well-known lines in Mr. Gilbert's Iolanthe, as the terms "Liberal" and "......

Poetry.

SOUTH AFRICA, 1901. THOHGH cravens clamour in the street, And shrill, premeditated cries Of sloth, despair, and malice rise To stay the weary runner's o feet-- Though sophists......

Alexander The Coppersmith.

[To not EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In your article on St. Paul in the Spectator of December 21st you seem to take it for granted, as most other people do, that Alexander......

Books.

SIR WILLIAM HUNTER.* No Indian official has ever gained the ear of the English public so intimately as Sir William Hunter, whose death early in last year was a very real loss to......

Sir Harry And Lady Smith.

pro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin, — The very sympathetic account of Sir Harry Smith in the Spectator of December 21st recalls to me an anecdote about Lady Smith which may......