4 AUGUST 1888, page 16

Books.

BISHOP STEERE.* EDWARD STEERE was born in London in 1828, the son of a Chancery barrister. He was educated at a day-school at Hackney, and afterwards at University College......

Poetry.

I CHIDE NOT AT THE SEASONS. I CHIDE not at the seasons ; for if Spring With backward look refuses to be fair, My Love even more than April makes me sing, And bears May blossom......

A Dog On Long Sermons.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—During a recent journey in Canada, I met with a striking instance of reason in a dog. I was staying at the Mohawk Indian Institution,......