30 JANUARY 1886, page 14

Poetry.

SYRACUSAN DESPOTS. I.—DION. [Dion, after bringing his friend Plato to Syracuse, was banished by his nephew, Dionysius the younger, but returned and expelled him from Ortygia.......

Illustrations Of " Gulliver's Travels." Pro The Editor Of...

"SPECTATOR." J Sra,—Your review on Mr. Saintsbury's " Gulliver" indicates an opinion that Swift's great book has never been adequately illus- trated, Have you ever met with......

Books.

LORD BEACONSFIELD'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH HIS SISTER.* Tuis volume is very inferior to the Home Letters. The fascination of the little volume published last year was the sparkle......