28 JANUARY 1899, page 31

Poetry.

I can do nothing but annoy; For little boys are all born bad, And I am born a little boy. it doesn't matter what's the game, Whether its Indians, trains, or ball; I always know......

Books.

Slit GEORGE TREVELYA.N'S "AMERICAN REVOLUTION."* Tr is always unsafe to predict classical rank for a book on its first appearance. We shall not therefore venture to affirm that......

The Irish Local Government Elections.

[To THE EDITOR Of TAR " SPECTA:206:] Sin,—Your article on the recent Irish elections, though marking the anxiety of the situation, hardly does justice to that revolutionary......