6 NOVEMBER 1897, page 30

The Barnsley Election.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—May I point out that your inference that in Barnsley "there has been no accession of strength to the Home-rulers" is entirely false,......

The American Blackberry.

[To TEE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—I read in the Spectator of October 30th that your correspondent from the Isle of Wight has failed to grow the American blackberry with......

Tennyson's "s's."

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] " There will come a witness soon Hard to be confuted."—Tennyson. SIR,—It would be difficult to accept Mr. Malleson's theory (Spectator,......

Books.

CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS.* THOSE who expect a story from Mr. Kipling, and want chiefly in a work of fiction, narrative, plot, and incident, will un- questionably be disappointed by......

Poetry.

TO LALAGg DEPARTING. Dulce ridentenz Lalagen amabo Duke loquentenz. So, Lalage, you're really starting ; You've sprinkled with the tears of parting Your mother's breast. And......