Big V. Small Bullets.'

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am not surprised that you correspondent, "C. M.," thinks that some recent occurrences prove that we must discard our small-calibre......

Poetry.

TO WHERE rock-crown'd headlands front the glittering bays, All set with purpled islets, in the West, Drawn by the beauty, each a chancing guest Unknown before, we tarried......

Books.

MR. HARE'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.* THESE three bulky volumes cover thirty-six years of the author's life, and the story, as Mr. Hare admits, is a very long one. It may be true, as he......

"bike" Or " Wheel " ?

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOB."] Sin,—My old friend Mr. Housden is always interesting on "word" subjects, but I am afraid "wheel-saddle" will not do. Why not "saddle-wheel,"......

Unconscious Perversions.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —The following story you may think worthy of adding to your list. A verger was showing a lady over a church. She asked him if his vicar......

A Night Thought.

As in the night I lie awake, My thoughts their flight full often take To the old village churchyard near, Where sleeps the friend I held most dear. And if the moon with gaze......

Mr. Lang's Life Of Lockhart.

[TO THZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—In your review of this book in the Spectator of October 24th, occurs this passage,—" He tried his hand at a novel called Valeritts," no......