3 APRIL 1897, page 16

Books.

islands of the Mediterranean, made, in what year we are not, told, by Monsieur Gaston Vuillier, and translated into English by Mr. Frederic Breton. It has a great many curious......

Poetry.

When first the lofty lakeland hymn From Grasmere's brink, and Loughrigg's side, And Rotha's waters floated wide, And of pure song upsprang the fount In the grave air of Rydal......

A Jackal-story. [to The Editor Of The "spectator."]...

of the jackal has never stood high, and has been still further—and, I am inclined to think, a little unfairly—depreciated by the role assigned to Tabaqui in Mr. R. Kipling's......

A Bird-story.

[To TIM EDITOR 07 TH1 " BPZOTATOE."] Sru,—The following instance of longevity in a bird may be of interest to your readers. My cousin, Mrs. C., had a siskin given to her in......