28 OCTOBER 1899, page 16

Books.

JOHN HOOKHAM FREREA FOR Mrs. Festing's admirably edited book we have but one word of reproach; it gives us a better vision of Frere's friends than of himself. Canning and Lady......

A Correction.

[TO..THE EDITOR 01' THE "SEECtATOR:] SIR, — In the Spectator of October 21st, p. 577, the following occurs :—" Has Miss \revers any authority for saying that Jeffreys watched......

Poetry.

TRUMPET AND FLAG. THE last bugle's dying echoes falter down the narrow valley The doubtful battle tarried in so long : As turning from their headlong charge the scattered horse-......