30 JULY 1898, page 17

A Handful Of Old Stories.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " snociwros."] SIR,—I have found these stories (and a good many others) 'ea the notebook of an old aunt who has lately died. Early in the sixties, the late......

Poetry.

IN FAIR NATAL. THROUGH the long Tambonkie grass we rode at set of sun— Round the hill, across the spruit, we followed, one by one— And the cattle, lowing, went before and, ever......

Books.

THE POETRY OF CHAUCER.* WHERE men are met together we hear one question not uncommonly asked: " With which out of the great figures. of the past would you choose to talk for an......