4 MARCH 1899, page 16

The Fascination Of Animals.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE, — The author of your interesting article on "The Fascination of Animals," in the Spectator of February 25th. attributes the capture of a......

Railways And Competition.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE, - 1.11 your article of February 25th on "Railways and Competition" you say : "Competition is in the last resort valuable, because it is......

Lord Beaconsfield And The Influenza. [to Tim Editor Of Thii

"SPECTATOR."] Stu,—Your correspondent Mr. Reginald Lucas, in his in- teresting letter in the Spectator of February 25th, demon- strates clearly that the "hardy annual" with......

Fro Ter Editor Or Thz "spectator."] Sift,—in The...

February 25th, the writer of an article on "The Fascination of Animals" gives an instance of a hare which was so engrossed in watching an eagle that it allowed itself to be......

On A South African Farm. On, The Veldt-land, And The

farm-land ! And the country, wild and free— Where the air blows straight from heaven, Oh, 'tis there that I would be. In the far blue distance, The blue hills of 'Nhlozane. An......

Books.

THE LETTERS OF ROBERT BROWNING AND ELIZABETH BARRETT.* "POMEGRANATES you may cut deep down the middle and ace into, but not hearts." So wrote Robert Browning to Elizabeth......

An Unknown Donor Of The "spectator" (to The Editor Of

THE " SPROTATOR.' Sta,—Will you kindly state in your columns that the Rev. Charles Striimbom desires to thank some unknown friend in the Isle of Wight for the Spectator ? My......

Poetry.

OLD FRIENDS. Au yes, our hands met here and there, Our wandering eyes met now and then, About Life's crowded thoroughfare,— Bat coldly seeing we were men. And looks are slight,......