4 FEBRUARY 1899, page 14

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THE LIFE OF SIR GEORGE POMEROY-COLLEY.a WHEN a great disaster has closed the career of any man of action, soldier or statesman, the world in general has no time to inquire what......

Poetry.

THE MIDNIGHT SKIES. To finite minds there can but be The finite in infinity; And as within its system's space Each planet has allotted place, The whole must be a continent......

Sir W. Harcourt And The Church. [to 111x Editcolt Of

TEL " SPZCZATOR."] SIR,—It is curious in reading Sir W. Harcourt's philippics to note how wilfully and contemptuously he breaks the Fifth Commandment by abusing his "spiritual......

(to The Editor Op The "spectator:1

Slit,—Your article on " Industry and Scenery " gives much food for reflection. As our population increases day by day, and coal grows scarcer year by year, it does seem......