2 JANUARY 1897, page 25

A Dog-story.

pro THE EDITOR OP THE * SPICTAT03:1 send you an account of an incident that occurred yesterday evening. I had gone over to Fareham to spend Christmas with ray sister and......

Poetry.

JANUA ANNI. WHAT lies behind thee, portal of the year ? Wan Famine, or the Earth with glad increase Yielding her fruits ? the nations vexed with fear Of iron War, or lapped in......

Art.

MR. WATTS'S PICTURES AT THE NEW GALLERY. Fon the second time the pictures of Mr. Watts have been collected together. They were seen fifteen years ago at the Grosvenor Gallery,......

Children.

0 CHILDREN, dwelling far away From this dell land of everyday In worlds invented by yourselves, From which you peer, like curious elves, At ours and us, that seem to you So......

The Squirrel.

[TO VII EDITOR OF THI " BFICTATOR."] SIR,—My old friend Mr. Stillman's captivating account of his experiences with squirrels published in the Spectator of December 19th, appeals......