3 JANUARY 1874, page 20

Irish Poetical Humour.

I F we had to explain what it is which gives its highest attraction to Irish poetry, we should say its skill in expressing lightness of heart. Not that we hold the Irish,......

Sir Ii. Thompson On Cremation.

S IR HENRY THOMPSON seems fond of giving the public a gentle startle by papers which at first sight shock them, but generally end in producing nothing but discussion. The idea......