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Poetry.

Trees go airy and bright, Winged with the gold-green feather, Veiled in the deep-sea light. Clad in the emerald silk, All a-flutter, a-glitter ; Blossoms white as the milk,......

Books.

SKETCHES AND STUDIES IN SOUTH AFRICA.* WE must say with regret that Canon Knox Little has mis- used a great opportunity. At the present moment passions in South Africa are......

A Story Of Von Moltke.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In the Spectator of July 22nd you refer to certain falls on the Godavery River, which you describe as being far larger and more......

Sorrow And Song.

" GIVE me the gift of Song," one asked of Fate, " That I may sing of beauty and of Spring; Of woodland glades where streams are murmuring ; Of snow-topped mountains, lone and......